Definitely, both someone who was really close to me and a couple from people who I "know" from the forum, based on what they shared.

Even though I dated this girl for a couple of years, I never had the opportunity to see her cry, twice I saw her about to cry, but she swallowed it back, refusing to cry.

And there are two girls here that I wish I met and be able to comfort, you can hint who they are.

So, I guess I started with the long answer, short answer is yes.

Amans lacrimae wrote:

Definitely, both someone who was really close to me and a couple from people who I "know" from the forum, based on what they shared.

Even though I dated this girl for a couple of years, I never had the opportunity to see her cry, twice I saw her about to cry, but she swallowed it back, refusing to cry.

And there are two girls here that I wish I met and be able to comfort, you can hint who they are.

So, I guess I started with the long answer, short answer is yes.

 
I bet the two girls on this forum that you wish you could meet would also love it if someday you could really comfort them in person. You seem like the perfect comforter. ;)

Funny enough, I remember at the age of eight having a dream about a guy crying and me comforting him. After the dream, I just *knew* that scenario would play out in real life, and that the guy would be *the one* in my life. Fast forward many years later, and the guy I was dating was facing eye surgery - again. He had numerous health problems and had had three eye surgeries on both eyes prior. I was at his place when he suddenly fell and started sobbing "I can't get up!" It turned out to be a major, huge panic attack - one that sent him to the emergency room. I remember him lying on the gurney in the hall and me standing by him, holding his hand and swearing I would see him through this, that he wasn't alone. And I remember feeling like: "THIS! This is the moment I knew was coming!"

We've been married 20 years now.

I used to have lofty fantasies. I'd dream about comforting the losers in beauty pageants or Olympics, stuff like that.

Now my fantasies are more mundane. People I'd normally comfort without a second thought are now socially distancing and wearing masks. Hugging is hard now. Wiping tears is even harder. I had a dream a few weeks ago about comforting a guy at work.