Misinterpretation
He was sitting there, looking like he’s talking to someone at the same table…why did he ask me if he was already engaged? There was another gentleman sitting next to him…a double date perhaps? I hid behind a larger tree on the sidewalk and just watched for a while. I wasn’t about to walk in there when it looks like the table is full and what would I do? I would feel like a fifth wheel. But it always comes down to me, she thought…my menial brain goes into a kind of “you’re inadequate” quandary instead of just bucking up and walking right in as if I belong there. That’s always been my problem. I don’t feel like I belong anywhere.
Melissa misinterpreted James’ invitation to tea. The two gentlemen were waiting for her. Melissa seemed an excellent candidate. The woman sitting with the two gentlemen was an experienced employee they hoped would help convince Melissa to join their company.
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The Unicorn Challenge-22/11/24
The Bag Lady 
Nice take on the prompt!
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Haven’t we all created these situations for ourselves?
Never let them see you sweat!
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I hope that she walked in too!
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To leap or not to leap, that is the question.
Neat portrayal of a self-created dilemma.
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Ah yes, the stories we tell ourselves based on our own feelings of inadequacy.
I like that you leave us to make up our own minds about what she did.
And meantime I’m shouting, ‘Fake it till you make it!’
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I hear that shout👍🏻
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Oh I hope she did walked in
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Hope she joined their company!
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Hopefully she went in anyway…………….
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