I Hung Out With a Friend While He Tried to Work Up Courage to Tell a Girl She Was Pretty and MAN It Was Stressful

We hovered around him like buzzards surrounding a fresh carcass.

“Just get in and get out,” Friend 1 shouted at him.

“It’ll be over so fast!” Friend 2 added.

“Come on, don’t chicken out,” Friend 3 contributed.

“If you don’t do this then you’re dead to me!” Friend 4 screamed, spittle flying from their mouth and also I should mention Friend 4 was me.

We were out at a bar for our friend’s 24th birthday. The rest of the group, myself included, had a mean age that fell in the30 – 35 age bracket. H...