Here are some steps to help determine if an email was delivered:
- Check your sent emails folder to see if the message is in there.
- Check your friends spam folder, in case your message ended up in there.
- Re-send the message. Modern email clients have delivery receipts, so if the email was not received, you should be able to see that the recipient did not receive the message.
- Contact your recipient directly to ask if they received the email.