Friendships

It's hard being a friend.

I've now had 2 friends (in my whole lifetime) suddenly stop talking to me without giving me - or any of our mutual friends - a real reason why. The first one - she went kinda psycho in her cynicism, and I still hope the best for her. The most recent - I hope the best for her too. I have a feeling that a misunderstanding occurred on my blog (the one preceeding this one, at my old url) which must have offended her - it's the only thing I can think of that makes logical sense (not that people are logical creatures!)

I blogged one day about an ex co-worker of mine who has several things in common with my ex-friend (also an ex co-worker), which I mentioned. I then commented that with this co-worker's background, I was surprised how incompetent she was in some areas. I think that my friend thought I was talking about her, when I was talking about someone from a job I worked several years ago, long before I met my now ex-friend. They both happened to have similar collegiate backgrounds. My friend was always insecure about whether others found her competent or not, but I thought that she was the kind of person who would come to me if she thought I was speaking ill of her to ask me what the hell I was thinking. Oh well!

So there it is. Good luck to you, wherever you are!