Losing friends, keeping them and everything in between
I was telling a friend someone about the process I go through when I make a new friend. How anyone who comes on with too much, too fast, a “new best friend” sort made me nervous. “When someone comes in and thinks they are going to fill up my life, I feel completely overwhelmed. I may like […]
Sad, isn’t it? Is there someone out there who you miss having in your life? Do you think about contacting them? What stops you? Can these one close relationships be healed and put back together? If not, why is this? Have you ever reunited with a friend after a significant separation? Is there someone you
I wrote this for a client… “…As you get older, you see the only people who matter are those who stick with you. Think back to grade school friends. No matter how important they were are the time, they are of no importance at all, today. This is even true of friends you become separated
If you’ve been around awhile, you probably remember that I was President of a Woman’s Club for some years. I had a particular friendship with two women. We used to meet for lunch and talk for hours and I mean three and four hours. Pity the waitress, right? I did. I used to be a
Hi Elsa! It occured to me that I’m not particularly able to retain friends. There was a bunch of people I used to go out with, when I was in school. After that when I joined college, I realised no one from my old group is going to be around me anymore (Not that we had
I had a friend from twenty years ago pop up overnight. We met when I was pregnant or shortly after my daughter was born, I don’t remember which. I was surprised and happy to see her name. I was surprised because while I think of her a lot…but I never expected to hear from her.
I’ve met a lot of people here. I like pretty much every single one of them, but two women have emerged as “friends”. “Friends” in this context would be defined as someone who comes to my home or I to theirs. Alternately we might meet for lunch of some other activity. The women who have
