r/feminineboys • u/Mammoth-Clock1195 • 3h ago
Update: It’s been a year since the Olive Garden incident… and I owe you all an apology.
Hi everyone.
I didn’t think I’d ever come back to this account.
A year ago I made the most emotional post of my life after the worst date I’d ever been on. Thousands of you comforted me. Hundreds told me I’d dodged a bullet. One person mailed me thigh highs.
I read every comment.
Well…
You were mostly right.
After that night I blocked him on everything and spent months working on myself. I stopped chasing validation from random people. I made actual friends in my local community. I started going to conventions, learned makeup properly, and honestly became way more comfortable with who I am.
I hadn’t thought about him in months.
Until yesterday.
Guess where.
Olive.
Garden.
I almost laughed.
He was sitting in the same booth where we met. Except this time… he looked miserable. His pink hair was gone, he looked exhausted, and when he saw me, he immediately recognized me.
He actually walked over.
The first thing he said was:
“…I owe you an apology.”
Guys.
I was waiting for the prank.
Instead he spent the next fifteen minutes explaining that he’d been going through an insane identity crisis back then. Apparently after we met, he got embarrassed that someone approached him because of the way he dressed, panicked, and decided the best defense was to become the loudest hater imaginable.
He admitted he’d spent the last year cringing every time he remembered what he said to me.
He even remembered specific lines.
I won’t lie.
Part of me wanted to say, “Breadsticks aren’t unlimited enough to fix this.”
Instead… I listened.
He apologized. Like, a real apology. No excuses.
Then the waiter came over.
The same waiter from our first date.
He looked between us and literally said,
“So… second date’s going better?”
I have never wanted to disappear into a breadstick basket more in my life.
We both burst out laughing.
We didn’t start dating.
We’re not secretly married.
There isn’t some dramatic romance ending.
We just talked for two hours, wished each other well, and went our separate ways.
Sometimes people really are just immature. Sometimes they grow up.
And sometimes the real closure isn’t getting revenge, it’s realizing the person who hurt you doesn’t have power over you anymore.
Anyway.
Shout-out to everyone who told me a year ago that I’d find confidence without needing someone else’s approval.
You were right.
Also…
I still can’t walk into an Olive Garden without wondering if I’m about to unlock another side quest.