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Old 05-24-2004, 11:34 PM
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Okay, I'm in this situation and I want to know what you people would do.

You see, I had this friend at school and we were really close. We were in the same class from 5 year old to 14 year old. And we were always having a good time, etc. Then she left for the south of Spain and I continued at school. At the beginning we kept in touch with each other constantly, but after a few months I realised that I was moving one and she was getting stuck in the past. She didn't even tried to adpat to her new environment and her new school, she complained and sulked all the time. It got on my nerves. Still, whenver she came to Madrid I arranged to meet her in hopes that we continued our friendship in the present and not only through our memories. But after a few meetings I just couldn't stand it, she kept telling this memory and that other memory and do you remember when...? I tried and tried to change topics, but she just wouldn't. So whenver she came I started making (silly) excuses. But she kept on trying to reach me. Once she even came home to check I was out as I had told her I would be. I think she should have got it - I didn't want to see her. I mean no one would be *that* busy!

What gets me is that she doesn't care about who I am anymore. She just phones because I went to that school she has idealised. Whenver she rings, as she did today, she doesn't ask how I'm doing (after months and months of not speaking at all), she doesn't care what I'm doing with my life anymore. She's been telling me she came for Christmas and went to the school and took pictures with the janitor (!!!) and she is in contact with people from our class she detested back then, but loves now because they were there back then.

I don't know what to do. Should I tell her plainly to leave me alone? Should I keep making excuses until she gets tired? She's getting very tiresome and she's scaring me. She asked me if I had changed my address today and I don't like her anymore. I think she's crazy or something.

She wants us to meet in July, but no way I'm going!

So what would you do? Am I being rude? Am I being paranoid?

Sorry that was too long, but I just want to see how people would react and stuff. Thanks for listening / reading!
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