what did you want to be asked at dinner that nobody asked?
you were there. you laughed at the right moments. but underneath, there was something you were hoping someone would notice, something you needed to be asked about.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →write down the question you wished someone had asked you. say it plainly, the way you would have wanted to hear it. then write about what you would have said if they had. let the answer be longer than you think. let it be messy. now write about why you did not bring it up yourself. was it that the moment never came, or that you did not want to be the one to steer the conversation there? write about what it felt like to leave without having said it. the walk home, the quiet after closing the door. notice whether this is a pattern: waiting to be drawn out rather than stepping forward.
- write the question you wanted to hear, and then answer it fully, as if someone is truly listening.
- think about whether you gave anyone an opening to ask, or whether you made sure they could not tell.
- consider what it says about the people around you, and what it says about what you allow yourself to need.
this is for the person who left the restaurant feeling oddly hollow, and could not explain why on the way home.