đĨ SICK DAD (āĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž)
A: “Jared, I just heard about your father. How is he doing?”
đ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϰā§āĻĄ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻļā§āύāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻā§āύ?
B: “He’s in the hospital resting. The doctor’s didn’t give a clear answer yet.”
đ āĻāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāύ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāϞā§āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “I’m so sorry to hear that. But this is a good hospital. I’m sure they will do whatever they can.”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āĻļā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ āϏāϰā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
B: “I hope so.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
A: “You must feel really worried right now. But you know your dad is a fighter.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻāύ āϞā§āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĨ¤
B: “Yeah. I think my mom is the most worried. I’m basically worried about how she is doing.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϏāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻžā§ā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
A: “Where is she right now?”
đ āϏ⧠āĻāĻāύ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§?
B: “She’s in the hospital with my dad. I have to go back tonight.”
đ āϏ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
A: “Hey, I’ll go with you.”
đ āĻšā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
B: “You don’t have to.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
A: “It’s really no problem.”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “Ok. Let’s go right after dinner.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đ° STRESSFUL PARENTS (āĻāĻžāĻĒāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž)
A: “What stresses you out the most?”
đ āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻā§ā§?
B: “Probably my parents.”
đ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāϤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāĨ¤
A: “How so?”
đ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§?
B: “Well, during school, they wanted good grades. Then after I got a job, they wanted me to get a better job. And finally, they want me to get married.”
đ āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϰā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϤā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāϞā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “You have to deal with a lot of pressure from your parents.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžā§ā§āϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤
B: “Your parents are not like that?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āύāĻž?
A: “Ever since I brought home some bad grades in elementary school, they never expected much.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŦā§āϞāĻžā§ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āϰā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻ āĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϰ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “You’re lucky.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύāĨ¤
A: “What do you do to deal with the stress?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āϏ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāĻ?
B: “Not much I can do. It’s always there. I sometimes go out with some friends and drink, but that’s only a temporary solution. The stress always returns in the morning.”
đ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāĻ āĻāϰ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύāĨ¤ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āϏ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻāϏā§āĨ¤
A: “That sucks. You wanna go grab a beer?”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻŦā§?
B: “Sure. Sounds great. Let’s go.”
đ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻāĨ¤ āĻāϞ āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤
đī¸ GRANDMOTHER PASSING AWAY (āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§/āύāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§)
A: “Sarah. You look terrible. What’s wrong?”
đ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻš, āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§?
B: “My grandmother just passed away.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§/āύāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
A: “I’m so sorry to hear that. When did this happen?”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āĻļā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāϞā§?
B: “A couple of days ago. I just go back from the funeral.”
đ āĻā§ā§āĻāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻļā§āώāĻā§āϤā§āϝ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĢāĻŋāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Is there anything I can do?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?
B: “No… not really. The sad thing is that I wasn’t there when she died. I really wanted to be there one last time.”
đ āύāĻžâĻ āĻāϏāϞ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻā§ āϤāĻāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āώāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
A: “I’m sure she knew you loved her. Did she pass away in the hospital?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāύāϤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻā§?
B: “Yeah. She died in her sleep.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “I’m sorry she’s gone.”
đ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
B: “At least she didn’t suffer.”
đ āĻ
āύā§āϤāϤ āϏ⧠āĻāώā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžā§āύāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “I think your grandmother would want you to think of all the good times you spent together.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§/āύāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϤā§āύ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
B: “I know. But I miss her.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “When my grandmother passed away, I frequently visited her in the cemetery. I always talked to her. Even though she wasn’t there, I somehow knew she heard what I said.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§/āύāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāϰāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āϝā§āϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āϏ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ āϏ⧠āĻļā§āύāĻā§āĨ¤
B: “Yeah? That’s what I was thinking too. Thanks.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ? āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
A: “It looks like you haven’t eaten anything all day. We should get you something to eat.”
đ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
B: “You’re right… I should eat something. Let’s go.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāϞā§āĻā§âĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāϞ āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤
đ BREAK UP (āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒ)
A: “Why are you so quiet?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻā§āĻĒāĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āύ?
B: “My girlfriend just broke up with me.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϞāĻĢā§āϰā§āύā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “You must feel terrible now.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
B: “Yeah.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤
A: “I remember my first break up. It was the worst feeling in the world. I was crying everyday for three months. And slowly, it got better. I know you’ll feel better too.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒā§āϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞā§āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ-āĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
B: “You’ve been through this too?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ-āĻ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻā§?
A: “Yeah. I remember it very clearly. The pain makes it easy to remember. I know you’re really hurting right now, but you know many people experience break ups.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāώā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŽāύ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āĻāώā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
B: “But it hurts too much.”
đ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāώā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “I know it’s painful, but it’s only temporary. After the pain goes away, you’ll find other girls.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāώā§āĻā§āϰ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāώā§āĻ āĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āϞ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
B: “What if I don’t want to find another girl?”
đ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āύāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ?
A: “You’ll change your mind. Look at everyone in the world. They all break up and move on. The faster you understand this, the quicker you will recover.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤ āϝāϤ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦā§, āϤāϤ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
B: “You’re right.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāϞāĻā§āĨ¤
A: “I also know you must still have strong feelings for her, but try to think of all the bad things. You know she didn’t treat you that well. Is that the person you want to spend the rest of your life with?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āϏ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ?
B: “Yeah. Thanks for the talk.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
A: “I’ll give you a call later. We should hang out. It’s good to be around people.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
B: “Ok. I’ll talk to you later.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
â¤ī¸ FALLING IN LOVE (āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻž)
A: “Hey Jack. How’s it going?”
đ āĻšā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāϞāĻā§?
B: “I’m falling in love.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “What! With who?”
đ āĻā§! āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§?
B: “That girl in my econ class. She is so hot.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§āύāĻŽāĻŋāĻā§āϏ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏā§āϰ āϏā§āĻ āĻŽā§ā§ā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§āĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻā§āĻŦ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĨ¤
A: “Did you guys go on a date already?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§?
B: “No. I didn’t even talk to her yet. But I think I’m in love.”
đ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Does she have a boyfriend?”
đ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĢā§āϰā§āύā§āĻĄ āĻāĻā§?
B: “I don’t think so. I’ve been following her around campus and I haven’t seen another guy.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϏ⧠āĻ
āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Dude, you’re a stalker man. Just ask her on a date.”
đ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§, āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻĄā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϏ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
B: “I plan on running into her in the cafeteria when she’s alone. I think I’ll ask her then.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻŋāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϏ āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
A: “So why do you think you’re in love?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĻā§?
B: “She’s the only thing I can think of all day long.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋā§ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “That’s called blind love. Well, I gotta run. Tell me how it goes next week.”
đ āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻ
āύā§āϧ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
B: “Aright. I’ll talk to you later.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đ BREAK UP RELIEF (āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋ)
A: “What happened to that girl you were seeing?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻŽā§ā§ā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§ āĻšāϞā§?
B: “Oh Jackie? We broke up last week.”
đ āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŋ? āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “That was a short relationship. You only started dating 2 months ago.”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ ⧍ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻāĻā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
B: “It was actually a long two months. She was a psycho.”
đ āĻāϏāϞ⧠āĻāĻ ā§¨ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϤā§āĨ¤
A: “What do you mean?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ?
B: “She would be laughing one moment, and if I said something insensitive, she would start crying. I didn’t want to deal with that.”
đ āϏ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻžāϏāϤā§, āĻāϰ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϞ āĻŦāϞāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĻāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϤā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “She sounds very emotional.”
đ āϏ⧠āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
B: “She was a psycho man. One time we were suppose to get together. I was waiting for her call, and when she finally called, she was screaming why I wasn’t at her place.”
đ āϏ⧠āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ
āĻĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϞā§āϰ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāϰ āϝāĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϏ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžā§ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
A: “Were you suppose to be there?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞ?
B: “I thought she was going to call when she was done shopping. It was a misunderstanding. She was literally screaming on the phone over this.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϏ⧠āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻĢā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A: “Ok. You’re right. She’s a psycho.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāϞāĻā§āĨ¤ āϏ⧠āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻĻā§āĻā§āϤāĨ¤
B: “I’m just glad it’s over.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻā§āĻļāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻļā§āώ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
đŧ GETTING A JOB (āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž)
A: “Hey Matt. I just got a job at a consulting firm.”
đ āĻšā§ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻāύāϏāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĢāĻžāϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “Congratulations. That’s great!”
đ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāύāύā§āĻĻāύāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāϰ!
A: “I’m so happy. I don’t have to worry about finding a job and interviewing anymore.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “When do you start?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻŦā§?
A: “I start next Monday.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
B: “You’re going to have to put in a lot of hours you know.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύā§, āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
A: “I know. I’m a little nervous, but it’s pretty exciting.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§ āύāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻžāϏ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
B: “I bet. You must be stoked.”
đ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ excitedāĨ¤
A: “Yeah. I’m going to celebrate tonight. Wanna hang out?”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ?
B: “Sure. It’s on you right?”
đ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§ āϤā§?
A: “Of course. How about Toby? Should we call him?”
đ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϰ āĻā§ āĻšāĻŦā§? āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻŦ?
B: “I don’t know. He’s a little depressed. He’s having a hard time finding a job right now.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āϏāĻĄāĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
A: “I should still tell him. In the least, I can refer him to my company. It might help.”
đ āϤāĻŦā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ⧠āϰā§āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
B: “That sounds like a good idea.”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŋā§āĻžāĨ¤
đĸ SAD BREAK UP (āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻāύāĻ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒ)
A: “Martha. What’s wrong? Why are you crying?”
đ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§? āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĻāĻā§?
B: “Jake just broke up with me.”
đ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “I’m sorry. When did this happen?”
đ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŦā§ āĻšāϞā§?
B: “Yesterday. I didn’t even know it was coming. He just told me he found someone else.”
đ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻ āύāĻž āĻāĻāĻž āĻšāϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻŦāϞāϞ⧠āϏ⧠āĻ
āύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “What a jerk. He doesn’t deserve you.”
đ āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āϞā§āĻ! āϏ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϝā§āĻā§āϝ āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “But it still hurts. I thought I loved him.”
đ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻāώā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦāϤāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “He didn’t treat you that well either. Maybe you don’t want to hear this, but I think you can do better.”
đ āϏ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻšā§āϤ⧠āĻļā§āύāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āύāĻž, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
B: “Better or worse, it doesn’t matter. I had a lot of feelings for him. I really liked him”
đ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
A: “It must be really painful. I remember when Josh and I broke up. I was crying for a week.”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāώā§āĻā§āϰāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻļā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
B: “I know I’ll get over him. My first break up was painful because I was naive.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāώā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻāύ naive āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
A: “Exactly. You’ll find someone again. You should get your mind off of this. Let’s go shopping.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāϞ āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “Maybe tomorrow. I don’t feel like it tonight.”
đ āĻšā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§āĻā§ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
A: “How about coffee down the street?”
đ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĢā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĢāĻŋ āĻā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻŦā§?
B: “Sure.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
đ UNIVERSITY CONVERSATION (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύ)
A: “Hi. My name is Mark.”
đ āĻšāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻāĨ¤
B: “Mark? I’m Bill. Glad to meet you.”
đ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻ? āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāϞā§āĨ¤
A: “Yeah. So where are you from?”
đ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž, āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϏā§āĻā§?
B: “I’m from Houston Texas.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻāϏā§āĻāύ, āĻā§āĻā§āϏāĻžāϏ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϏā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Oh… I’m from Southern California.”
đ āĻāĻšâĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻāĻĻāĻžāϰā§āύ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āϰā§āύāĻŋā§āĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§āĨ¤
B: “There must be a lot of cute girls over there huh?”
đ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻŽā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻž?
A: “Hell yeah. But most of them are hoochies.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “That sucks. So, what year are you?”
đ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻŦāϰā§āώ⧠āĻāĻā§?
A: “I’m a freshman.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāϰā§āώā§āĨ¤
B: “This is my first year too.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻāϰāĨ¤
A: “So what made you decide to come to California for school? I hear Austin is a good school.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āϰā§āύāĻŋā§āĻžā§ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻāϞā§? āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āύā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ
āϏā§āĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
B: “It’s aright, but I think Berkeley is better.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
A: “So is this where you wanted to come?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āĻ āĻāϏāϤ⧠āĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
B: “To tell you the truth, I wanted to go to Stanford. I made it on the waiting list, but ninety nine percent of the people accepted to Stanford go there. Like, who wouldn’t right?”
đ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āϝāĻžāύāĻĢā§āϰā§āĻĄ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āϞāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§ āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤ āĻā§ āύāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āĻŦāϞā§?
A: “Very true. But this is still a good school.”
đ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
B: “I’m not complaining. I just know that I wanted to come to California. Texas is cool and all, but I wanted to experience different things.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āϰā§āύāĻŋā§āĻžā§ āĻāϏāϤ⧠āĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻā§āϏāĻžāϏ āĻāĻžāϞā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
A: “That’s good. Do you know what you plan on majoring in?”
đ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ?
B: “I was thinking about political science, but now I’m leaning towards English literature. How about you?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžā§ā§āύā§āϏ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ?
A: “I plan on majoring in double E.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋā§āĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻŦāĨ¤
B: “Do you know where the Smith building is? I have to pick up the syllabus for my psychology class. I missed the first day.”
đ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§? āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏā§āϰ āϏāĻŋāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “That’s a great start. It’s over there by the library.”
đ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻļā§āϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āϰā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĨ¤
B: “It was nice meeting you.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšā§ā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāϞā§āĨ¤
A: “Yeah. We should hang out later.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĨ¤
B: “Cool. I’ll see you tomorrow in class then.”
đ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
A: “Aright. Later.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đ STUDYING FOR EXAM (āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻžāĻļā§āύāĻž)
A: “Hey Jack. You look tired. What’s going on?”
đ āĻšā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤ āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§?
B: “It’s finals week and I have been up all night studying.”
đ āĻĢāĻžāĻāύāĻžāϞ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻāϞāĻā§ āĻāϰ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “How many exams do you have left?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ āĻāϤ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ?
B: “Three more to go?”
đ āĻāϰ ā§ŠāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Have you been keeping up, or are you cramming everything?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§ā§āĻā§ āύāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āĻā§?
B: “If I was keeping up, I wouldn’t need to stay up all night.”
đ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāϤ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
A: “Ha ha ha. Looks like you are in for a tough week.”
đ āĻšāĻž āĻšāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
B: “Tell me about it. How about you? What have you been up to?”
đ āĻŦāϞ⧠āϤā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāϰāĻā§?
A: “I finished my last final this morning.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻļā§āώ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “So you’re completely done?”
đ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻļā§āώ?
A: “No. I have one more report that is due this Friday. I haven’t started it yet, but it shouldn’t be too tough.”
đ āύāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “How many pages do you have to write?”
đ āĻāϤ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻž āϞāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§?
A: “It’s a 10 page paper on habitual behavior for psychology 211.”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋ 211 āĻāϰ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻĒāĻžāϰāĨ¤
B: “You wanna take one of my exams for me?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§?
A: “I would if I could, but you know that’s not possible.”
đ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “Yeah, I know.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “If you need help with your chemistry class, I can help you over the weekend.”
đ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āϞāĻžāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻāύā§āĻĄā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “That would be great.”
đ āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
A: “Let’s get together Saturday around lunch time.”
đ āĻāϞ āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “You don’t know how much this means to me. Thanks.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύ⧠āύāĻž āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϤ āĻŦā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝāĨ¤ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
A: “Don’t mention it. I’ll see you on Saturday.”
đ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
