i need you like a heart needs a beat

[day2mynight]

all right. let's get something concrete down.

How many times have I heard in the past few weeks:

You need to surround yourself with different people.
Better people.

Well, I'm sorry but fuck you and your better, different people. How can anyone say that?

Maybe I am not a better, different people

Comments

[cometcrazie113]

But being friends is not just being there for someone, its caring for someone and not wanting them to hurt themselves.

If your friend was suicidal, would you betray them by telling someone so they could get help? If they were being physically abused, would you let them stay in the relationship? I'm not saying you couldnt do either of those and still be there to emotionally support someone. But sometimes intervention really does seem necessary.

I don't think you disagree with what I'm saying, I think you just have a different definition of what is harmful or bad. And I think part of that judgment is made cos of your concept of "normal", which is largely constructed by your environment.

I think its great that you research things -- that shows you're thinking. But I don't want you to be a victim of your environment, just cos certain things are available.

[day2mynight]

I don't think that was what I was really talking about....

I know what you're saying.

At the same time, you weren't (aren't) telling me to hang out with better people, I don't think.

And if things got bad enough, don't you think I'd do something? [But things aren't bad. Really.]

[seasonalsun]

Oh, that's what your text meant.
I couldn't understand it, and then I fell asleep.