I'm glad that good people came into your life. Having warmth suddenly sooth some cold feelings does come with awkwardness at first, but once you're warmed up you settle into yourself more.
I've pretty much run into the same issue. I'm so busy that despite caring about my old friends, it's really hard to maintain contact anymore. The joys of adult life, ne?
But I know you still care, and I'm certain this is true for others.
I still care, however often we may or may not talk. No amount of time can erase what you and others at YSRMB did for me('cause you know I meant this for you as well, right?), nor the bonds that were formed.
Hey, Todd. I read your post a few days ago, but I've been thinking about what to say in reply. I guess what strikes me the most is that, very interestingly, much of what you are saying here could be said by me as well. When I joined YSRMB, I was 16, and well, you remember how emotionally "off" I was. Looking back, I'm kind of amazed anyone tolerated me.
Now, I still think I have a lot of things I need to work on in my personality, and I still see myself as a work-in-progress (and perhaps we will all always be works of progress, as human beings), but wow. Knowing people like yourself has helped me to broaden and grow and become a little more socially normalized. I mean, wow, I had absolutely no social skills when I first met you. It was pretty pathetic. And yes, because of our mutual lack of social skills, we had some :Fail arguments. I look back sometimes and feel a little regret that we couldn't have met after we had been more hammered out, as people. It would've saved us both a lot of pain. But at the same time, I know the :Fail
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Well in my case I didn't have "low self-esteem" until I was 17... before that I was the only kid I knew who DIDN'T complain about... the stupid stuff, like "OMG I R fat" or something. I recently was very surprised when I found all of my old elementary school friends on Facebook and the ones who could have been a sterotype actually FIT the stereotype; for example, the Indian people WERE Indian-like according to their profiles. It was weird because we didn't even have nerds, just smart people. There were two "dorks" and everyone else was the same except the Mexican (ESL) kids who didn't want to be. It sucks when places have people that don't act as though everyone is alright people
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The 'disclaimer/warning' was to people who don't like me and might see this, as it is a public entry. What would they flame? Me. That's all I was warning against, because this post isn't about old grudges.
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Call me, dammit!
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I've pretty much run into the same issue. I'm so busy that despite caring about my old friends, it's really hard to maintain contact anymore. The joys of adult life, ne?
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I still care, however often we may or may not talk. No amount of time can erase what you and others at YSRMB did for me('cause you know I meant this for you as well, right?), nor the bonds that were formed.
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Now, I still think I have a lot of things I need to work on in my personality, and I still see myself as a work-in-progress (and perhaps we will all always be works of progress, as human beings), but wow. Knowing people like yourself has helped me to broaden and grow and become a little more socially normalized. I mean, wow, I had absolutely no social skills when I first met you. It was pretty pathetic. And yes, because of our mutual lack of social skills, we had some :Fail arguments. I look back sometimes and feel a little regret that we couldn't have met after we had been more hammered out, as people. It would've saved us both a lot of pain. But at the same time, I know the :Fail ( ... )
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~Signed, A Random Person B.
('Cause, you know, there's SO much that could be flamed in this entry, even from a stranger... seriously what could somebody possibly flame? >_>)
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