Reply To: The Mysterious Rules of the Friendship Game

[blackdog]

Ghaaa! Too much too read. Can’t absorb any more.

Totally relate to all of it. Kind of answers the age old question, “What’s wrong with me?”

I have never found the rule book, I don’t keep in touch, I forget birthdays and important things (Or just don’t hear them when they tell me), I talk too much and share too much about things that make people feel uncomfortable, I get Deer in the Headlights Syndrome whenever I am in a group or feel confronted or know I screwed up…..

 

And the list goes on. I hate it when I try to get people to honestly tell me what’s wrong, if I said or did  something wrong, and I only get a vague, generalized answer. Or an answer designed to not hurt my feelings. Or an outright lie. “No, no dear, you didn’t do anything wrong….I’ve just been so busy lately….but you can call/email me anytime…” And then I never hear from them again. Unless I do  call/email, in which case I get a very courteous reply that says absolutely nothing. “Oh, I’ve just been working, still really busy…you have a nice week.”

 

The box. Conformity. Cookie cutter people living in a cookie cutter world where everything is one size, one shape, one colour, one way and one way only. And anyone who doesn’t fit is tossed away with the scraps.

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