Nobody puts baillee in the corner

In an unprecedented turn of events, we actually have a Love is a Working Title update. 

If you happened to miss the resurrection of Love is a Working Title back in February, I highly recommend revisiting the Bryce entry of the series, as he’s the subject of today’s update. 

I’ll wait. 

Okay, ready? 

When we last left off, Bryce and I hadn’t spoken in over three years, but I ended his entry by saying that out of the five subjects of this year’s edition of Love is a Working Title, Bryce is the one I’d give a second chance. 

Well, friends, I did. 

And I’m not going to bury the lede: 

This story doesn’t end the way you probably want it to. 

But we’ll get there. 

Bryce kept crossing my mind, so after thinking through every possibility (and consulting Elliott), I decided to shoot him a casual text.

I told him that it had been forever, but he crossed my mind, and I just wanted to see what he was up to.

He responded a few hours later, and we chatted a bit. 

I was honestly really impressed with his thoughtful responses, and it felt really good to talk to him…

…for the two-ish days I talked to him regularly. 

I responded to a text of his, he responded to me, I responded back, and then I didn’t hear anything for two days and a half days. 

After that, I sent him a short little voice memo (yes, I’m a voice memo girl, and yes, I’d sent voice memos to him before, so I didn’t just shake up the medium on him). 

And then, I didn’t hear another word for two weeks. 

I decided to give Bryce the benefit of the doubt and invoke my “Rule of Three.” 

The “Rule of Three” is something that I’ve abided by for years, wherein I will text someone exactly three times before leaving them alone until they respond/if they respond. 

I sent Bryce a voice memo and told him that I wasn’t sure why I was sending it, but I wanted to check in on him before all of my Halloween shenanigans started, etc…

He responded the next day and told me we’d learned he was even worse at responding to voice memos, apologized for not responding, and then responded to the content of my voice memo. 

I texted him back and told him that it was duly noted about the voice memo but that he needed to respond to texts every now and then, and I outlined my plans for the week. 

Later on, he emphasized my text. 

As a follow up, (and honestly, to bait him a little bit, I’ll be honest), I sent a text saying I might need a second opinion on a costume. 

Y’all. I knew I looked good in the costume. 

I looked great, I felt great, and I wanted an excuse to send Bryce a picture of me looking and feeling great to try to push him to respond and/or get him to start responding more frequently. 

But alas, he never responded to me, so I obviously never sent a picture of myself because that’s insane. 

And that was last week. 

Now, I could sit here and speculate as to why I think Bryce doesn’t respond to me regularly, but that would be my opinion; I don’t know what’s going on in his head, and it’s not my place to comment on it. 

So, I’ll stick to my side of things. 

Listen, if you know me at all, you know I’m a communication queen, and I know that everyone doesn’t overcommunicate the way that I do. 

And, it’s not fair to put those expectations on other people. 

However, regardless of the type of relationship, be it friendship, familial, or romantic, I think that a lot of issues could be resolved by sending a simple text. 

If Bryce had just texted me that he was busy and would text me when he could, I wouldn’t be writing this piece right now. Seriously. 

If he had even told me that he didn’t think he could handle talking to me again, that would be fine, too. 

I totally understand that life happens (believe me, do I understand), but you have to give me something. 

Additionally, there’s a good chance Bryce doesn’t have feelings for me, and I touched on that in his first entry. 

Maybe he honestly has no interest or idea that I like him. I personally don’t think that’s the case, but as I mentioned earlier, I have no idea what’s going on in his head. 

Do I regret texting him? 

No, I don’t. 

I think this experience has shown me how much I’ve grown over the past three years because I know exactly what I want from a partner, and I’m not the same girl who would just text Bryce until he answered. 

Do I think that Bryce and I could potentially be good together? 

Yes, I do. I think there’s definitely potential there. 

But, I also need him to show me that he’s working on his communication and has also made personal growth like I have. 

The moral of the story is simple… 

You should definitely take calculated risks (thanks for that phrase, Sam), within reason, because, sometimes, they do pay off. 

In this case, it might not have paid off the way I wanted, but it did pay off in the sense that I realized I’m not who I was three years ago. 

2024 Baillee doesn’t text some guy she likes until he texts her back and worries herself sick that she did something wrong/that something’s wrong with her. 

2024 Baillee just gets annoyed because she hates when she’s wrong about people and channels that energy into productive means. 

And, Bryce, if you read this, and if there was ever any question in your mind, I do like you. Really. 

You’ve just gotta communicate, my dude. 

To be continued…? 

Probably not.

But hey, I also didn’t think this entry would ever be written. 🤷‍♀️