2. “It must’ve been tough for you.”
Understanding how she must’ve been feeling right after breaking up and offering her your sympathy will allow distance between the two of you to rapidly narrow. “He even said, ‘You make me feel sad, too,’ and I appreciated that it wasn’t just in my head,” one Japanese woman in her late teens shared, relieved to have had someone empathize with her. Don’t make the mistake of bringing up your own heart-breaking story as an example, though. This is her time and her show—concentrate on listening to her story.