On Saturday I met Wendy and her boyfriend Aaron in person at a coffee shop. I met Wendy online recently, and we really seemed to get along well. It was nice meeting them in person, I was totally nervous. They seem like most congenial people, and I look forward to spending more time with them in future. Possibly even meeting more people in the area ( Read more... )

Okay. Rachel posts to say "hi" and nothing else, and gets half a dozen replies to it. I post that I'm getting a divorce, or that I've invented a new dessert, and I get... ignored. I officially have no friends.

Just to clarify, the above is spoken in an ironic tone, and is not meant to be taken in earnest. :)

For some reason I've been feeling really emotional the last couple of days. Especially nostalgic, and thinking a lot about friendships. Especially old friends that I don't see anymore. I mean, looking back on my life, there were the people I knew pre-school, none of whom I knew in kindergarten. Of the people I knew in kindergarten, none that I'd ( Read more... )