Had a talk with her this afternoon. Let her talk about the issues she has been facing. Even got her to laugh, told her how much I missed that aspect with her stress. I think she enjoyed the call. Haven’t heard her laugh in a long time.

Texted a bit afterwards and think I may have a dinner date lined up in the near future. I told her that I really do care about how she feels and she did not seem to run for the hills, but continued communicating.

She seems hurt and seems to feel trapped by a combination of things. She feels hurt by those she thought she knew and by those she works with. With the house she bought back in the day, she feels compelled to stay out here, but doesn’t seem to like the area.

Maybe I am experiencing the male version of the female “fix it” syndrome. Maybe not. This empathy thing is very new to me.

I texted have a great evening and look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Haven’t heard back, hope it didn’t bother her. Followed up with texting that the people who are her causing her the stress do not control her destiny. Haven’t heard back on that either.

Hope I didn’t screw up somewhere in the exchange.