At a Santa Barbara wedding, Aiden and Nora, once "something friend-adjacent", trade jokes, truth, and the kind of honesty that didn’t exist in their twenties. Between fairy lights and ocean air, they admit what went wrong: mistaking comfort for connection, potential for promise. No grand gestures, no stolen endings... just two people who can finally stand next to each other and not flinch. A story about rehearsal selves, disciplined love, and the gentle art of closing a door without slamming it. If this episode found you, follow the show and share it with someone who might need it today.

Years after a whirlwind Trieste romance ends in a windblown note, “I have to go earlier… forgive me for all”, a different translation reframes everything. Was it abandonment, or a plea to be gentle with the story? Through language nerdiness, sonic memories, and the mercy of nuance, this episode explores how words carry tone, how "go ahead" isn’t the same as "leave early," and why reframing a goodbye can be the difference between bitterness and blessing. For anyone who has loved across borders... or misread the subtitles of their own life. If this episode found you, follow the show and share it with someone who might need it today. Music Credits Johann Sebastian Bach - Air on the G String BWV 1068 Arranged for Piano - courtesy of Classicals.de Camille Saint-Saens - Le Cygne from Carnival of the Animals - Viola student of Matthias Maurer at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Graz. (2012)

In Trieste’s Sunday market, a small yellow field with a crooked horizon becomes a quiet ghost... a painting left behind for €30 that turns into years of second-guessing. When it reappears eleven years later (more cracked, more expensive, still itself), Elliot finally buys it and, with it, permission to notice again: better cappuccino, braver apologies, small second chances hiding in plain sight. This story isn’t about taste; it’s about timing... how the objects we choose can reset our attention and teach us to say yes without over-explaining. A love letter to Trieste, flea markets, and the grace of repetition with better timing. If this episode found you, follow the show and share it with someone who might need it today. LINKS Website: www.ificouldsayonemorething.com Linktree: https://linktr.ee/IfICouldSayOneMoreThing Submit your story (private): SayOneMoreThingPod@gmail.com Instagram: @sayonemorething | TikTok: @ificouldsayonemorething | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576772126733 Music Credits Chopin - Ballade No. 2, Op. 38, performed by Frank Levy (2015) - courtesy of Classicals.de