Catybu wrote...

"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
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AlvinTChase wrote...

lisa in mass. wrote:

my old ex-best friend called tonight. said she'd gotten
my letter today and had to get right back in touch with
me. apologized for leaving me hanging for years now.
apparently, i'm not the only person who's had problems
with her never initiating contact. said she's always
been like that.

she's going on a 2-week driving trip in a few days with
an old friend from high school, all over california and
arizona and into nevada. i gave her the phone number of
a mutual friend who's living in las vegas now. she said
she'd be in touch with him about getting together for
dinner when she drives through, and that she'll call me
when she gets back.

i'll be pleasantly surprised if i hear from her after
her trip. i might go ahead and call her in a month or
so, though. it's good to have a friend again.

-lisa

I hope it works out for you...I've made lots of
efforts to reconnect
with old friends.90% of the time,it doesn't work out,10%
of the time it does...but that 10% can be
meaningful...and the way I look at it is,it never hurts
to reach out to people.At least when you do that,you know
that you initiated a nice gesture,whether it was
recipriacted or not...

-"Alvintchase"

she's supposed to call me when she gets back from her
trip. i'm guessing she won't...

-lisa

Why do you think that? In your original post you indicated
that she called right after receiving your letter. Think
positive! :-)

that was a good thing :-)
however, my letter was stating that i hadn't been in touch
with her for years because she would never call me. on the
phone the other day, she admitted that this is a problem for
her, and she doesn't know why. in my letter, i said that i
could only be friends with her if she initiated contact
sometimes. since she said she'd let me know when she returned
home from her trip, we shall see if she really does.

-lisa