People ask friends to ask friends if someone likes them back, trying to avoid embarrassment. But the message gets twisted through the chain, spreads as gossip, and ends up more humiliating than just asking directly.
How does somebody find out, like, I like that person? Do most people go directly to that person and say, I like you, I'd like to date you, will you date me? Everybody's like, no, they don't. All right, so what do they do instead? There was a big no. Yes, they go to their friends. Now this is the fascinating part. If I go to my friend and I say, hey Jesse, I want you to find out if Aaron likes me. Does Jesse go direct to Aaron? No. No, Jesse goes to another friend who goes to another friend who then goes to another friend of Aaron's. who goes to another friend of Aaron's before it gets to Aaron. How many agree there could be 10 people involved in this circle before it actually gets to Aaron? Is this possible, yes or no? Yes. And in small schools like you live in, does everybody know what's going on before you even have an answer back? Yes. Yes. So here's the irony. You went to a friend because you didn't want to be embarrassed. Did you just embarrass yourself? Yes. Yes.
