HAVE A GOOD LIFE, I WISH YOU THE BEST
We all have acquaintance, people we are friendly with but don't socialize on a regualr basis. When I moved to New Jersey 8 years ago, I became close to this woman and her group of friends.
My shcedule is rigourous and I have not had too much time to socialize. I have often asked her to lunch or dinner when her husband works late. No response. Our "realtionship" is strictly a phone relationship.
The phone relationship is not superficial. There was a real openess and we spoke about our families. We were both revealing.
Recently, we had one of our phone calls. This time, she chose to attach me and cross boundaries not acceptable. After she attached me with persoanly information she hung up the phone.
This pattern is not not. It has happened twice already. This time I wasn't willing to act as if nothing ha happened. I expected her to call and she did.
She greeted me with hello , how are you. I asked her if she thought I could be superficial after our lastconversation. She responded by saying " good luck with your life and I wish you the best".
Does anyone know how to say... I am sorry... I shouldn't have said what I said. I use to believe in extended families. I grew up in a large extended family. I see less and less extended families and blood relatives staying friendly. This saddens me.
Just like the "friend" I just described, people seem willing, more willing to give up realtionships. Its almost easist to justify staying angry, throwing away the "relationship".
It is easy to be critical. It is easier to find and point to another flaws. No one of us is perfect. We are all not perfect. Friendship and family is about "accepting " each other. People seem to take the easy way through judging those around. I believe the world will be very lonely and more people will live isolated as the friendships and families shrink.
My personal shoice is to forgive and stay open. Peolple make mistakes, they say stupid and harmful things. We must forgive and build on our realtionships or we will have none.
evie litwok/ tippy / the tippy story

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