What is LJ and Friendship all about?????
I have been trying to put my head around what took place a few days ago, and thought that I'd like some opinions by my "Friends" to see if they can help me understand this.
Granted, I haven't been around very much. I check in occasionally, and there are still ongoing fics I enjoy reading. But, it seems that by the time I get around to reading a chapter, that 6-7 days have past, and I rarely comment on it. That doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy the chapter, but it was just "Past" the printed date.
I still think of my friends list as my "Friends", especially some that I have became good friends with the last couple of years that I have been with LJ.
SO, what I need help understanding is... A few days ago, I posted a birthday announcement to a "Very Good Friend". She wrote a thank-you under the posting, even called me long-distance on the phone and thanked me personally for the birthday wish. (Having each other's phone #'s, I would qualify that as a REALLY good friend.)
We spoke of my needing time away from BBM, and we spoke of a few stories I am now interested in. I expressed my heartache on a lot of writer's that are no longer with us. Apparently that didn't sit well with her, as the next day when I turned my computer on to leave her a comment on a couple of chapters I had just read the night before after printing them out, I found she: "has removed you from their Friends list."
I really hope SOMEONE can PLEASE help me understand what LJ and "Friends" are all about? The fact that BBM is a dying fandom tears me apart, and it hurts more than I can say. It has helped to distance myself somewhat, but to find you lose a friend over it???? Because I didn't comment on a few chapters????? Is that Friendship? Apparently I need to thank the people who are not vindictive and took me off their friends list, simply because they have not heard from me for awhile.
So, thank-you to those friends who are still there for me, in case I should ever really need a TRUE friend.
My Love Always,
Cat ♥♥♥