I don't know if this even counts as a confession, it's just… a feeling I have. I think maybe I'm too old for this kind of thing, but it’s been on my mind for a while now. I’m dating someone, a lawyer, and she’s really wonderful. Smart, funny, beautiful. Everything I never thought I’d find, especially at my age. I’ve always been a bit of a… wanderer, I guess. Did my art, took odd jobs, never really settled down. She’s got this whole other world, though. Important job, big firm, lots of fancy dinners and people in suits. We went to one of her work galas last night. And man, I just felt so out of place. I wore the one decent suit I own, the one I keep for funerals and maybe a wedding if I ever got invited to one again. Everyone else was… different. Just seemed so comfortable in their skin, talking about things I didn’t understand, laughing at jokes I didn't get. I'm a construction worker, I mean, I love what I do, working with my hands, building things, I even try to make it art sometimes, the way I see it. But there, I just felt like a… brick. Like I’d been dropped in from another planet. And I saw her, my girlfriend, she was just shining, totally in her element. And I just stood there, kinda fiddling with my tie, trying not to knock anything over. It’s not a big deal, I guess, but it just made me wonder. I don’t know if this is stupid, but I keep thinking maybe this is just… too big of a gap. Like, what if I’m just holding her back? Or what if she eventually realizes she wants someone who fits in better with her life? I’ve spent my whole life being a little bit outside, you know? And part of me likes that, it’s who I am. But with her, I really want to fit in. I want to be enough. I just don't know if I can cross that bridge, or if I even should. I'm not sure what I'm looking for here, just felt like I needed to get it out.