Monday, November 12, 2007

This weekend has been an exercise in patience and a testament to just how far I'll go for a friend.

I've had a tough time finding sincere, long-term friends. It's easy enough to have friends out of convenience; people you work with, classmates, neighbors... but sometimes these people slip out of your lives as soon as you stop seeing them regularly. They might have had intentions of maintaining a friendship with you, but let's face it; there are too many people out there and too much stuff on our plates to go out of our way for someone.

It's a cold and utilitarian way of thinking but after the weekend I've had, I've taken the opportunity to reevaluate my tendency to go out of my way for others. Be a friend to have a friend is a relationship of reciprocity, and an imbalanced one is frustrating. Lesson learned.

2 comments:

aandjblog said...

aw what happen?

Necromandrea said...

This blog post showcases my need for anonymity combined with my need to ventilate. I'm sure I'll tell you all about it this Thursday;

which I'm excited for, by the way. However, it appears you've invited the wrong Emily... I'll email you about that.

I'm going to bring a bunch of junk food too. YESSS!