They talked for two hours. You asked good questions. Then they said you're easy to talk to, and went home — and nobody asked you anything.
Most people aren't deciding to skip you. You're just very good at the part where you make room, and room is comfortable to stay in. Once you're cast as the one who listens, the conversation rarely finds its way back.
It isn't the tiredness of a long day. It's what's left after holding space for someone and walking away with nothing to put down. You'll notice it most on the way home, when the quiet arrives and there's no one to hand any of it to.
Saying it out loud sounds like keeping score, and you'd rather be the person who doesn't. So it stays where it is, and the next time someone needs two hours, you'll give them two hours.
If you recognise yourself here, you don't have to explain the whole thing. One sentence is enough to start.
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