Posted by Dinah on June 24, 2004, at 21:07:27
In reply to Crying and nobody cares anymore, posted by Angel Girl on June 24, 2004, at 20:58:47
Hi Angel Girl.
It's sad when friendships change, isn't it? When that distance grows.
It's happened to me more times than I care to recall, and it hurts each and every time. So much that it's hard to bear.
So my reaction over time is to try not to depend too much on any one person, to try to move slowly in a friendship to see if it's a sustainable one, and then if we drift apart anyway, I give myself a swift kick in the rump for forgetting that most friendships are that way.
Just because this person is pulling away doesn't mean that nobody cares. It just means that you need to work on extending your base of support so that it doesn't lean too heavily on any one leg and you can bear losing one source of support because you have others to turn to.
poster:Dinah
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