Other than death (a little dramatic), what would cause a friend to stop
returning your phone calls, emails, text messages? This topic came about when
my brother expressed concern that a friend of his had stopped communicating
with him. Now my brother expressed his slight disappointment for about 2
minutes and then he was done with it. Of course, as Big Sister, I offered my
advice. I told my brother to not take it personally and some people you have to
just let them be. I started thinking about the times in my life when several
people that I labeled as friends didn’t reciprocate my communication efforts. This
is what I believe: Friendship=Communication. Friends are blessings. Friends are
people that you share your heartaches and triumphs with. If you are feeling
like you’re pushing a friendship/communication on someone, then I’m pretty sure
he/she is.not.a.friend. People DO change and get different over time for
whatever reason. Even if you said something or did something offensive to those
individuals, if they couldn’t be mature enough to express that to you, that’s
too bad. Sometimes life gets in the way. I get that and yet I still don’t
believe in constantly trying to contact someone who chooses to not respond. To
wonder “What happened?” or “Did I say something wrong?” is wasted mental energy.
You wish that person the best and move on.
It seems like there is always so much going on these days. Hopefully that friend is ok, because it seems odd (other than death) for a friend to STOP all communication. And it is downright rude NOT to reciprocate if your FRIEND reaches out to you. I agree with you that "friends are blessings" even if that friend is just now figuring out how to do this blogging thing! :-)
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I think I can guess who this is.....Yes you are so right, friends are blessings. I'll excuse you...at least you figured it out one year and a half later.
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