Oct 14, 2007 17:15
In the end, it is the silence of my friends, not the words of my enemies, that resound so intensely in my ears and heart. But, then, a case could be made that if they are silent, they are not friends. But, for some, silence is temporary. Still, I do notice.
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I haven't heard from you in any capacity in a couple of months, during which time I have called and emailed. Also, I have made a point to reply to your MySpace posts, and comment on your pictures, and you never comment on my posts or bulletins or even reply to my comments on yours. I don't do these things to get reciprocation, I do them to show I give a crap, but when I get nothing at all it starts to feel that I'm the only participant in this friendship, and it hurts. I think you know me well enough to know how hard it is for me to to make phone calls or initiate emails, but I've been making the effort, and having the other end die off, or not even start, only confirms the reasons I don't do these things. I understand you're depressed, my life hasn't exactly been a bowl of cherries lately either, I lost my grandfather, and I've quietly lost so many friends because of my decision to have child #2, and to make family a higher priority than my social life, and well, I wanted to make one more effort ( ... )
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