Have you ever been caught in a moment where you wanted to say no to someone, but struggled to do so for fear of hurting their feelings?

I was caught in a moment like this a few months ago…

I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop having a conversation with another customer who’d come up to talk to me. My new friend and I were talking about what we liked to do for fun and I mentioned a few things, one of which was going to the movies.

When I got up to leave he suggested that we make plans to see one of the movies that he had mentioned. I thought to myself “that movie is old so I know it’s not at the theater”, which got me a little concerned, wondering where this was going…

I finally asked where this movie was playing and he said “any t.v. we choose.” Oh crap, he not only wants to meet outside of the coffee shop (something I’m not really comfortable with), he wants to meet at one of our houses! Is he asking me out?!? Oh crap, I think …

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