Everyone's Exciting Updates

First I have an exciting update of my own. I got an A in my electrical engineering class!

Friday night I got back from a trip to Northern California. It was a lot of fun. I went there to visit some friends. Many of them are up to interesting and exciting things. However, not all of the stuff they said is ready to be widely publicized. Some people want to share their news with a few people before posting it online for everyone.

Recently I have been reading some Sherlock Holmes. Since I am in a mystery mood, I will make this a guessing game of sorts. I will share a couple of items here and leave the identities of the people undefined. My regular Newman readers are friends with both of the people mentioned below and could do some detective work to figure out the people who match the stories. The main thing is do not publicly out anyone. Do not post revealing questions on someone's wall.

The theme for this trip was everyone's progress in relationships. Chris and Linda were looking for a wedding venue. One person related adventures (or misadventures) in online dating. This included some messages that were horribly received pick-up attempts. If I had more time I would have visited Kim and Patrick, who had their first baby earlier this year.

Person 1
One of my friends will start to a date a longtime friend. After a confession of feelings, both of them were open to trying a romantic relationship.

I hope things work out for my friend, especially because I have a heartbreaking story from when I was in a similar situation.

Once upon a time I was friends with a girl. We had almost exactly the same sense of humor and got along very well. Every time we were together was amazing. At some point, I developed romantic feelings for her. Sadly, she did not share them. So, she cut me out of her life. She did not return my phone calls, she said the seats next to her in class was saved for her other friends, she avoided all the places I frequented, and she dettaged herself from my picture albums. She broke my heart into a million pieces and I lost one of my best friends.

I do not mean to discourage my friend. I know how horribly bad hope things can go and I hope they work out better for him/her.

Person 2
One of my friends is engaged.