September 7th, 2021

 I’m driving down a busy road, stressed about making it to a doctor’s appointment. Then my phone rings. It’s my friend that I talk to everyday, so I answer it. She explains the situation she’s in; it’s on-going and there’s a new development. I understand WHAT is going on, but I’ve never had to deal with something like this so I don’t really have any specific advice to give, but I still try to reassure her. 

“Well I’m sure everything will work out,” I tell her.

“Wow, that’s so unhelpful,” she replies in the snottiest tone possible. I’m kind of baffled. Was I suppose to fix all her problems in one sentence?

“Well what do you want me to say?”

“You could tell me what to say to her.”

I have absolutely no idea how to fix this problem. “I don’t know!” I say with a tone of frustration.

“Well then I’ll talk you later.” And then I hang up.

Ten hours later and I’m still super upset over this. Am I suppose to just fix everyone’s problems? And when I can’t I’m a useless asshole? What even am I suppose to do in this situation? I literally can’t tell her how to fix this, or what to do, and my words of reassurance were treated like a backhanded response. Why am I suppose to carry her burden; besides the stress of getting to the doctor, I have tons of other stuff going on in my life!

But I feel like to everyone else, that actually doesn’t matter.