we made eye contact during a settlement conference and both looked away like we understood something nobody else in the room did

Anonymous · 2026-04-11T14:15:02.780Z

we sat through the same terrible cle seminar and both left at the break i saw you sitting in your car in the parking lot not driving just sitting i was doing the same thing there is a specific loneliness that comes from being surrounded by people who are all performing competence nobody admits they are struggling so everyone struggles alone the courthouse hallway at 7am is where the real connections happen two attorneys waiting for the same courtroom sharing coffee and honesty before the

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