Damn It, I Misspoke
Wow. As soon as I posted about how my friends seemed to mostly be in a good space in their relationships, I found out that a college friend of mine's marriage fell apart: she left with the French tutor teaching their kids in Belgium. So, my buddy's come back to the States with their two adorable children and he's got them for at least the first year. He was a stay-at-home dad when they were smaller--they're 6 and 9 or so--and loved it. Still, he's got to take up a new job here, probably has to move to another state for work in a few months. The kids have to deal with a lot of upheaval. He's a good man and a good father, has a keen sense of self-control, but...
FUCK.
Then, I got a message from another friend who's getting divorced and is in a relationship with another one of my college buddies. It's a circle of geek adult mid-life shit. The above guy isn't one of my central geek friends, but 2 friends in the geek circle are now hooking up. We're in our 40s, so people have kids and mortgages and stuff. It's not nearly as fascinating as it was when we were in our 20s. I guess that's for the best, right?
I know it's not about me, but I wonder what else I'm missing. I'm definitely not part of the inner circle of my friends. Heck, I may be one of those fractal arms/branches that's barely involved at all. Some of it's geography, I guess. Most of them are still on the East coast. I'm barely in it. I'm friends with one person who's more tapped in. I think that was the same when I was there, actually...
Anyway.
Shit.
Time for bed. I just had a beer. Hops do work.
FUCK.
Then, I got a message from another friend who's getting divorced and is in a relationship with another one of my college buddies. It's a circle of geek adult mid-life shit. The above guy isn't one of my central geek friends, but 2 friends in the geek circle are now hooking up. We're in our 40s, so people have kids and mortgages and stuff. It's not nearly as fascinating as it was when we were in our 20s. I guess that's for the best, right?
I know it's not about me, but I wonder what else I'm missing. I'm definitely not part of the inner circle of my friends. Heck, I may be one of those fractal arms/branches that's barely involved at all. Some of it's geography, I guess. Most of them are still on the East coast. I'm barely in it. I'm friends with one person who's more tapped in. I think that was the same when I was there, actually...
Anyway.
Shit.
Time for bed. I just had a beer. Hops do work.