Shih Ting Wang
Discussion 1A
John is my roommate when I first came to UCLA. We were both electrical engineering major and took lots of same classes. Seriously, we both think it sucks to be a engineer sometimes. Because it not that easy for us to get to social with others, especially knowing girls! It sounds shallow, but I think knowing girls is lots of guys top priority beside homework.
There’s a girl caught John and mine attention a lot from our floor in Rieber hall. She lived in the room right next to ours. We were always too shy to say hi to her, and walk pass her fast trying to skip eye-contact with her when every time we saw her. It had always been like this until one day.
I guess it’s the luckiest day since both John and me came to UCLA. When we taking elevator to the dining hall for dinner, She and her roommates came into elevator too. We’re shy and looking at the floor since she came in, then she said hi to us and asked us to join them for dinner. After that night, we became closer and closer with the girl. We studied together and ate together in dining hall. Since we got closer to the girl, the friendship between John and me had getting awkward somehow. We both try to ask her out alone and trying to keep it as a secret from each other. Sometimes, we don’t even talk to each other when we’re both in the room, only when it’s necessary. One night, when the girl and me went out to watch a movie, she held my hand after the movie as we walking back to the dorm. I was so nervous and my heart were beating so fast too. We didn’t say a word until we get back. As we saying goodbye at her front door, she then asked me “are we couple now?”. I said “I don’t know” and walked into my room really fast, kind of like escaping from her. I couldn’t fall asleep and kept thinking that entire night.
Next day, I stayed on campus all day until I figure out what should I tell her. I called her and talked to her for a bit. At last, I just told her maybe its better for us to just be friends.
Why do I do what I do: I realized how unhappy I am when I think of losing a friend like john. I think I’ll be happier to have John and the girl both to be my close friends instead of getting a girl friend while losing a close friend. And of course, I’m not in love with John!
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