It was awful. One of the worst thing I ever have to do. Especially when it's a girl who has been genuinely sweet to you, but you had to move on for other reasons. I've never heard someone cry so hard. Man it hurt to do that...

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.