what a short, turbulent trip it's been
So, things have been weird lately...not that they've ever been not weird. Just way weirder than usual, I guess.
I made & lost a friend in very quick succession. I'm not sure how to describe the situation without going into an amount of detail that I have no desire to go into, but ... I think that those who know me pretty well know that I put my foot in my mouth. Often. And it's not graceful and a lot of the time it's because I do or say something impulsive, but it's never mean-spirited. It's just not well thought out. And it's something I need to work on, and something that I am working on.
So I impulsively reacted to a situation that I perceived that was going on and this person ended a friendship with me because of that. I didn't get to talk about it, didn't get to explain, or get the benefit of the doubt. That was it. One strike, and I'm out.
It's better in the long run that this friendship didn't work out. But wow. I think that's pretty cold...and really not a measure of true friendship at all. Refer back to my previous post.
So that happened, and a lot of other chaos and stress has been happening too. I guess sharing that anecdote was the main point of this entry. I am still kind of floored.
I made & lost a friend in very quick succession. I'm not sure how to describe the situation without going into an amount of detail that I have no desire to go into, but ... I think that those who know me pretty well know that I put my foot in my mouth. Often. And it's not graceful and a lot of the time it's because I do or say something impulsive, but it's never mean-spirited. It's just not well thought out. And it's something I need to work on, and something that I am working on.
So I impulsively reacted to a situation that I perceived that was going on and this person ended a friendship with me because of that. I didn't get to talk about it, didn't get to explain, or get the benefit of the doubt. That was it. One strike, and I'm out.
It's better in the long run that this friendship didn't work out. But wow. I think that's pretty cold...and really not a measure of true friendship at all. Refer back to my previous post.
So that happened, and a lot of other chaos and stress has been happening too. I guess sharing that anecdote was the main point of this entry. I am still kind of floored.