Reason, Season, or Lifetime

[almsthvn]

I believe I posted this in January, but it still resonates with me - and apparently I need a reminder. It's with a twinge of sadness that I realize I still don't know where some relationships fit

Comments

[wiccachicky3]

That's a great way to think about relationships. I never really like the season ones though because I always feel bad when they are gone.

[anita_margarita]

It would be so much easier if people came equipped with labels.

Sad to me also are people who can't/won't give up on relationships long after they have run their course...

[honeysuckleaura]

That life is everychanging, with people, growth, etc. is sometimes challenging. I usually resist the passing through of a person when I just want life to "stay." It's always frustrating when the other person doesn't let go too. Hmmm ... *wanders off in a thinking spell*

[foomf]

o_O Bwuh? Any one in particular, or just in general?

[anita_margarita]

I was thinking in particular of a girl I knew in high school and for a few years after. (I graduated in 1974, for perspective). I was one of the very, very few friends she had then. I have not seen or talked to her in at LEAST 17 years, and do not wish to, because the last time I talked to her she was completely self-absorbed and abrasive toward anyone who did not share her opinions. And yet occasionally I hear from a mutual friend that she can't understand why I don't communicate with her. She does not understand - and I do not ever expect her to understand - that people change, and just because we went to the same school 30+ years ago, does not mean we are lifelong best pals (despite all the vapid things we wrote in yearbooks).