It's been sure nice talking to you
Geez! How out of the loop *am* I? I found out... in passing... that an acquaintance is getting married. On Saturday. And I didn't even realize that he was engaged.
I mean, part of me sez, well, I haven't really truly hung out with him in several months, and it's not like we were particular friends or anything. It's just, well, the proverbial grape vines I've been relying on for news seem to be deader than I thought.
What's most disturbing about this is that it's a repeating problem. I mean, again, I don't always know every detail about what's going on (nor do I feel the need to know), but for something major... True story: I found out that my brother was engaged a month after the fact when Mom said to him, in passing, "Oh, by the way, Grandma sends her congratulations." Sure, my brother and I never were exactly what you could call "close," but I would have thought that I would have found out before my grandmother.
What's that verse again? "A man of too many friends brings himself to ruin," or something like that. It's not like I plan on giving any of you up, but apparently I'm stretching myself a bit too thin...
I mean, part of me sez, well, I haven't really truly hung out with him in several months, and it's not like we were particular friends or anything. It's just, well, the proverbial grape vines I've been relying on for news seem to be deader than I thought.
What's most disturbing about this is that it's a repeating problem. I mean, again, I don't always know every detail about what's going on (nor do I feel the need to know), but for something major... True story: I found out that my brother was engaged a month after the fact when Mom said to him, in passing, "Oh, by the way, Grandma sends her congratulations." Sure, my brother and I never were exactly what you could call "close," but I would have thought that I would have found out before my grandmother.
What's that verse again? "A man of too many friends brings himself to ruin," or something like that. It's not like I plan on giving any of you up, but apparently I'm stretching myself a bit too thin...