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10-09-2022, 12:56 PM | #1 |
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Say you meet someone and you instantly have a connection. It could be romantic, it could be friendship. But you feel some sort of spiritual connection. You have everything in common. And you think to yourself, you'll never meet anyone like this again.
Then they leave for whatever reason. You lose contact. Or maybe they wanted to lose contact and didn't feel the same way. But they're just gone. I've experienced this pretty much ever since I can remember. The loss of close friends in school, my father moving, coworkers going wherever they go. I won't say my experiences are unique. But what's the point in getting attached to anyone? They just leave at some point. Why do we even bother building relationships? |
10-09-2022, 01:12 PM | #2 |
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Well, it doesn't always work out that way. I'm still friends with people I knew in kindergarten. My best friend from high school and I still talk regularly and I also still talk to my best friend from my 20s (just talked to him today, in fact).
There have been people in my life who have dropped me and vice versa... happens to everyone. But it's worth it to, at least, attempt to build a relationship with people, because the long lasting ones are really special.
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10-09-2022, 01:23 PM | #3 |
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Well, it doesn't always work out that way. I'm still friends with people I knew in kindergarten. My best friend from high school and I still talk regularly and I also still talk to my best friend from my 20s (just talked to him today, in fact).
There have been people in my life who have dropped me and vice versa... happens to everyone. But it's worth it to, at least, attempt to build a relationship with people, because the long lasting ones are really special. But overall I consider them very rare. Like needles in a haystack. Whenever I meet someone new it's like I already know they'll just be temporary. |
10-09-2022, 01:46 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, I think most people you meet in life are only going to be acquaintances, really. The only time you really have several close friends at once is in school and if you manage to all stay in the same city with each other all your lives, you can probably maintain that beyond school. For most people, though, it'll be a few close friends and just a bunch of acquaintances.
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10-09-2022, 02:39 PM | #5 |
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Been down that road endless times, f**k em plain & simple because thats exactly how they feel about you
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10-09-2022, 06:18 PM | #6 |
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What made me think of this is my coworker giving his 2 weeks notice.
We weren't close friends or anything outside of work, but we talked about a lot of personal shit over the past 3 years. We have a ton of things in common, more than most people I know. He gave our supervisor the notice, and never once discussed it with me and the other guy in our department. Not even a hint of leaving, future plans, etc. His last day is this Wednesday so there's been plenty of time. I never brought it up myself because I was waiting for him to say something and it's his business really. It's just disappointing and puts things in perspective. I'll be working 12 hour shifts 5-6 days a week until they find a replacement which took 3 months last time. Good money but no kind of life in the meantime. Last edited by Trigger2K; 10-09-2022 at 06:21 PM.. |
10-09-2022, 09:30 PM | #7 |
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Some of those people are probably sitting around waiting to be contacted too.
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10-09-2022, 11:11 PM | #8 |
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10-09-2022, 11:29 PM | #9 |
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So yeah, sometimes you just can't mesh with people even if you really want to. They just have to go their own way. I'll always like him regardles. |
10-11-2022, 02:04 PM | #10 |
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I’ve been married almost 40 years and was fortunate to find my soulmate in high school while working in the local grocery store bagging groceries. I’ve had other friends and family members who became an important part of my life then because of whatever was going on in their lives caused them to withdraw. I can only live the life God has given me so I pray for these people who fade in and out and offer them stability when they’re near me. Sometimes in life people will self destruct and go away, other times they finally get grounded because someone loved them enough to be the same friend every time they stumbled by. Set a straight course for your own life and don’t leave your lane to be a party of other’s chaos, be that stone they can rest upon.
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