Memories of a good friend..............................

@celticeagle (160806)
Boise, Idaho
September 7, 2009 11:34pm CST
We had some good times! We had known eachother since about 1976 when i started working at the telephone company until this last Spring when we parted ways.Early on She and I went out drinking together and became groupies for a 60's band we enjoyed while they were in towm. We went home one night mad at eachother and yelled obscenties to eachother all the way up the street. The next day and until recently we laughed about how silly we were. We went out dancing with our husbands together and had such a good time we spent an hour and a half in the bathroom just remenescing. We used to visit eachother and play old music and sing to it or just set and talk and enjoy it. Now, today I am thinking of her. Sad that we aren't friends anymore. Those of you that remember will recall me cutting off our friendship after she accused me of stealing from her while I lived with her this last Spring. It is so sad to look back on so many good times and memories. Have any of you either cut off communication with a good friend? Have any of you lost contact with some dear people from past? What of these? How do these things make you feel?Sad at losing them or just happy at the memories and moving on?
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@sjvenden27 (1840)
• United States
11 Sep 09
Yes I have had friends that I have cut off communication with or lost touch with... Here is one example; my god parents and I got into a huge fight about my ex husband... Lost contact for a good 6 or 7 years... I was angry and also felt bad for cussing them out... Then out of the blue I called them.. well actually I called and then hanged up.. They were not home a lot of the time, and I felt weird about leaving a message... Then one day I finally got someone to pick up the phone... It was my god mother.. She was actually really excited to hear from me.. I told her that I was sorry for cussing her out... Come to find out she did not even remember what I said... Our relationship is not as close as it once was.. but it is still there... I guess if this friend of yours really means a lot to you; it might be worth picking up the phone and just say hi... Granted it is not nice of her to accuse you of stealing... But maybe time may have healed some of those wounds... But I do not know how badly your friend hurt you... I guess if it was really bad... And would not listen to what you had to say; I guess the relationship was not as close as you thought.. sorry to say it so bluntly.. Good friends find a way to work it out...Its accepting the past for the past.. And moving on to the future... It all depends on if the both of you are willing to do that... Good luck
@Anne18 (11029)
9 Apr 12
I think life is full of chapters and we have lots of old chapters, new chapters and chapters that are always contining
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Sep 09
Yes, accepting the past as the past. That is it. Our friendship was formed on respect and knowing eachothers values. I was accused of stealing from her while I lived in her home. I put up with the hurt of that for quite sometime until she said if I didn't send the things back she would call the authorities. I told her then to go for it. Our friendship disolved at that point. I hope she seaks help for she has a very deep seated dementia. I am not a thief needless to say I take offense of supposed BEST FRIENDS accusing me of such far fetched things. Why or for what possible reason she would accuse me of this is beyound me. Hurts to think of it.
• United States
15 Sep 09
Sorry about that... I guess your old best friend should just be a chapter that well is finished.. you had great times with her, just can not have more pages add to your book of life...
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
8 Sep 09
I have had many friends I have lost from moving around alot. Some still keep in touch adn others I just lost along the way . best to just remeber the fun times and go on
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
9 Sep 09
yes I remeber the post!
@Anne18 (11029)
9 Apr 12
We can all find good things to think about the past and make us smile
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep 09
That is VERY good advice. My friend wasn't lost like that. I think you might remember when I was talking about the guy I fell for and how i got justice over him. Then my girlfriend accused me of stealing from her while I was living with her. She is the one. I quit being friends with her because she did that and wouldn't back down. Why she did it I will never know or understand.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
11 Sep 09
Hi there, Old days friends and memory attached with them die hard. I can feel how badly you have missed those days now as you look back and your friend. May be this the ultimate charm of life as at least once you lived your life to the fullest. Who knows what the morrow brings. It as vivid and a nice read.
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Sep 09
The morrow brings nothing. You don't go back after something is crushed and misused. Even abused.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
12 Sep 09
Abused? did any such thing happened too?
• Boston, Massachusetts
8 Sep 09
celticeagle, i have a friend who'e now living in canada. we became best of friends when we were in college and got separated when she went to canada for good. it was only in 2007 after 16 years when we had the chance to meet each other again. i was in washington, dc then, when she and her family attended a conference and we took that opportunity to see each other again. she and her family stayed in my apartment and we had all the time for ourselves. they stayed with me for almost a week. we had fun... we eat out, tour the place, malling, and had our moments of reminishing our life way back in college and it was full of laughs and tears. i miss my best friend so much. we don't have communication right now... i know she's busy so busy with life and her daughter who has special needs too.
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Sep 09
Wow! That is cool that you re-established again. You don't have communication with her right now? That must be tough.
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Sep 09
i don't have any updates from her right now though i tried calling her but could not get through her phone. she's in canada and i am in the philippines but i know that she's really busy and not even have time to check her mails and chat with friends. no matter what... we may not communicate but i know in her heart and mine too we are friends... the best of friends!
@Anne18 (11029)
9 Apr 12
I have a friend who I have known since I was 12, we float in and out of each others lives as need be. One year we only saw each other about six times, she only lives 30 mins away from me, but everytime we got together it was so natural you would have thought that we had only seen each other a few days ago. I suppose that is what you could call a good friendship
• United States
8 Sep 09
I have had a friend, who was my closest friend at college, who pretty much cut me out of her life and I never knew why. We never had any big argument, but then it wasn't like we just grew apart, either. She would say that was probably the case but she quite deliberately backed off from our friendship. When I moved to America, just before I went I contacted her and said I would like to see her before I went (I was permanently leaving the country to get married in America) and she said she 'didn't have time'. So that told me!
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@Anne18 (11029)
9 Apr 12
I tend to be a bit of a loner as well, sometimes it is easier to be that way
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep 09
Some people just don't have any time. My daughters good friend in school never calls or comes over. People like that seem alittle cold to me. I am so much the opposite. Sorta weird. Some are just self governing and don't need people. I am a loner and yet I have a need for friendship and occasional get togethers. I guess everyone is different.
• Nigeria
9 Sep 09
Yea, having the memory of a good friend brings the friend almost back to life. IT'S A VERY GOOD THING
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep 09
I am sad that there are no more memories to be had but am glad for the ones we made.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
8 Sep 09
Hey celtic! Yes, I have lost contact with some of my friends from my past. One of the friends was my best friend for 45 years! But, it was her actions that made me break off our friendship. I had problems with her for many years with her attitude that she felt she was better than everyone else and treated people badly and had a very nasty arrogant attitude about her. I just got tired of her abusive mouth and finally I broke off our friendship! She was devasted because she never thought that I would do that to her! I haven't spoken to her now in about two years. She has called me, but I don't respond to her phone calls. She made me very angry so that I don't feel badly anymore for what I did because she left me no choice.
@Anne18 (11029)
9 Apr 12
Wow we all share the same things. I'm sure my friend also didn't think I would stop telling her things. Its a shame when we have no choice but ot end a freindship
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep 09
I can't stand people like that. And because of their arrogance they JUST DON'T GET IT! I don't blame you for ending it! I think you need to feel good about who you hang out with. And, yes, she left you no choice as my friend did too.
• China
8 Sep 09
i have a good friend,maybe the best one i have met,we together since primary school,then junior high school,senior high school,we are in the same class all the time,what'more,we have similar hobby,and our appearance are even similar,many strangers even think we are twins..... now he has graduated and i still study in college,i know he is a talent and one day he must be famous because of what he does in IT-industry,i alway trust!!he is a good example for me and i will also study hard to be a capable man
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep 09
You are blessed indeed to have him in your life. Be a good friend back. I am sure you will.
• India
8 Sep 09
Memories are one which makes us laugh attimes, nothing is permanent in this world. But i would say that memories stays forever and ever. Memories are of two types i would say Good memories and Bad memories. Bad memories doesnt give happiness to us, it just make us angry or boring by thinking of that, at the same time Good memories make us think about that person or those persons more and more, we start realising our mistake at times.
@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep 09
Yes, I do agree.
• Indonesia
8 Sep 09
Well, yes, I have that memory. We were in the same college, and after we got the job, we were very close. We went everywhere together, laugh and cry together, we were chums. But years after years things became different. Another person was behind us and did nasty things. She got mad at me, so did I, and I hated her so much. It was a few months before her wedding, I was invited, but I didn't come because I was too mad and we didn't really talk anymore. Now both of us are married, and live in the same old lil town. It's funny because we never 'accidentically' meet at all. It hurts, even now after 2 years. All I can do is move on, eventhough I'm kinda scared to have a close friend now. Losing a bestfriend is traumatic for me. So if you have one, stick to him/her, because you may not find another one. Best friend is very hard to find, be grateful if you've find one
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@celticeagle (160806)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep 09
That is sad that you lost such a good friend. I sort of wonder if this isn't something that happens alot. In my case we were much older and the circumstances were such that the I told her I didn't want to hear from her anymore. She accused me of stealing from her after I came home from staying with her. Ofcourse I didn't and she knew it. Why would she accuse me of such a thing? It is just too bizarre for words. When she said she was going to contact authorities I told her to go for it. That was the end as far as I was concerned.