It's been a month and im still upset over acme con, and not even just the loss of money.
In terms of the money I feel gross because my partner fronted all of the expenses (~400gbp) cause he assumed I would at least break even. i only made 200 so i couldnt even pay him back. hes not upset over it, he was at the event so he understands that I had a combo of bad location and people were just... bypassing the artist alley. but i still feel like shit for it. Anyways beyond that
It was such a huge con but Ive never felt so lonely? like no one was stopping by the table, I barely got to talk to any of the other artists except for in the mornings. And I feel really stupid cause I thought I really hit it off with this couple I met, I had been talking to them for a while about a bunch of shared interests that arent particularly common, and like, i wont go into details, but we were showing each other stuff and it felt like we clicked good?? me and partner bought stuff from them, I can remember I went back to my table and told my partner I maybe made new friend. and then... we never saw the them rest of the weekend. like I thought if they passed my table they would have at least waved, I dont expect another convo or anything its a con I know people are busy but like. One of them walked by twice and completely ignored me. And I cant help bit think. Oh great, we werent actually clicking, they probably thought I was annoying. Great, Im never going to make friends at cons.
