Me (21F) and the guy (22M) that I like studied together and I did shit on the exam, how do I get over the embarrassment ?
So you can read my last post on true off my chest for my context, but basically me and this guy work together often, the tension and chemistry is there and overall I’m crushing HARD.
Last night we were chatting and I mentioned struggling with studying, he offered to tutor me, I was over the moon but played it chill and was like yeah sure why not.
The study session was fun and I understood his tutoring, we finished in 3 hours some time after midnight (we were on call).
Now we get to today, I wake up to my alarm not going off, bus is waiting OUTSIDE as I’m running like crazy, cat isn’t fed, can’t find my keys, no breakfast or water, barely make it out the house.
Already my day is a mess but I’m trying to revise, I focus on the 2 chapters the instructor told us are important, I make it on time but still stressed.
My turn comes (it’s an OSCE) and I’m still not feeling the best, I walk into the exam hall and apparently everyone who finishes the exam stay in the same room just slightly to the back as the next person takes their turn.
Long story short, I did shit. It was 2 stations and I absolutely wrecked one but did decent on the other. It felt humiliating seeing him watch me completely mess up, it wasn’t even that hard but I was beyond anxious and couldn’t remember anything to save my life.
After I was done embarrassing myself and sat down, he told me in a joking manner, “you did shit”.
I waited till the class was mostly empty and burst into tears in front of my instructor and some classmates (not him). They were all sympathetic, thinking I was crying over the grade when in reality I just didn’t like feeling stupid around him.
I mean yeah the grade is shit but I’m in a college, everyone gets a bad grade here and there. I was only upset to the point of tears because I felt like I wasted his time and he won’t study with me again because I’ll do bad anyway.
I’m genuinely a top student and he mentioned that multiple times, everyone knows I’m usually best of the best, it really just wasn’t my day.
So, what should my next move be ? Do you think texting him explaining my situation is good ? Or just pretending like nothing happened and acting normal is better ? Maybe wait for him to text first ?
The relationship is still very delicate so I really can’t help but overthink.
Sorry for turning this into a rant, if you read this far thank you so much lol.