You quickly realize that this isn’t a practical conversation you’re having here, it’s an emotional one. You half listened to a Hidden Brain podcast episode about this exact thing at 1.5 speed, which makes you an expert. Sarah was going through a hard time, and you needed to let her vent.
You lay a hand on her shoulder. “Dini meant a lot to you didn’t he?”
“He wasn’t just a hamster,” she sobbed.
“I know”
“I just want him back.”
She’s really going through a tough time, you make her some tea to talk it out some more, but this really wasn’t just a hamster, it was clearly something more to her.
What do you do.
Tell her it’s good to just let things go