staying in touch.
By skye86
@skye86 (57)
India
August 9, 2009 3:01am CST
I had a friend for life. She was with me in school and then in pre university. But after that she moved on and now she has a lucrative career. I did not prosper as well as her and so at some point I stopped calling her and stopped answering her calls. That was 3 years ago. But recently she called me on my birthday. I found her message in my answering machine. I cannot make up my mind whether I should call her back.
I would love to have your suggestions.
11 responses
@lyn1988 (5)
• China
9 Aug 09
hi,here is just my own suggestion and at the end you should make your own decision. maybe because i am a little sensitive, i can totally understand your feeling. have you ever asked yourself a quetion that what is friend? in my opinion, friend is someone who can give you a hand when you are in trouble. friend will be there when you are happy or upset. friend will be there whether you have succeeded or not. as you say, she is a friend for life. what's more, she still remembers your birthday and treats you as a friend. so why don't you give her also yourself an opportunity? save your friendship!
@skye86 (57)
• India
9 Aug 09
I really want to save my friendship. But if I start to call her now I will be back on the radar. All of my friends that believed I could achieve anything I wanted would come to know of my failure. I just don't want to. I believe If I go down I want to go down quietly. You can say it's depression but it is true.
That said, I believe She will never forget me. No matter what she will still keep looking for me. And in the mean time If I do succeed I will give her a call and explain everything. How about that?
@lyn1988 (5)
• China
9 Aug 09
i don't know if you will be angry for my following words but i will say it. if i were your friend, maybe i would forgive you but i would not treat you as before. i want my friend to be a really person who is not afraid to show me her shortcomings or her failure. if she just want to show me her perfect aspect, maybe i will think she doesn't treat me as a friend.
@mariechrislynong (25)
• Philippines
10 Aug 09
You should definitely call her back. These days it is hard to find a person that will definitely become one of your true friedns. A lot of people has a lot of friends but not all of them are their true friends. People come and people go so be grateful when someone sticks around for keeps. You should have a coffee and catch up with each others lives.
@figjam00 (1445)
• India
9 Aug 09
I think you should call her back because she is still thinks the way she used to. If that wasn't the case then why the hell she would call you back. There are times when presume that something or someone will change if they prosper more than us but in case of good friends. I think she wants be in touch with you.
@celebratelifeh (1142)
• China
10 Aug 09
well. make friendship clean and green. why not answer her . she just show you her friendship and not mercy. even he have the right and power to help you out then why not accept that friendly help? i think if i have some good friend but i live better than her. i will be happy to help her also only for friendship.
@rubypalmes (269)
• Philippines
10 Aug 09
For me you should call her back and still get in touch.
since you have your own career and sometime your too busy to communicate its fine.
if you are true friend despite of you busy carreer, you still have time to get in touch with you friends even in text or call will do.
the important is in your heart your friend is still inside and you will never forget the memories of you together.
@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
9 Aug 09
i think you should contact her just to say hi. don't be afarid to talk to her especially if you shared a lot together. who cares where life has taken the pair of you. my best mate lives 8 hrs away from me and we only see each other once in ??? how many yrs. our parents met at anti natal classes, so we've known each other since birth. we're not close best friends, never have been, we both live 2 very different lives. but we can still pick up the phone and call each other and have a chat.
@incredibleDNA (1742)
• Philippines
9 Aug 09
Hi skye86, if she is trying to reach you out, then don't be afraid to talk to her. Having some good friend like her is really a blessing. I bet that she misses your talks and moments together. Don't feel insecure if you really haven't reached your goal yet in your life. Who knows? She might help you with it.
Good luck!
@Wentyishere (31)
• China
9 Aug 09
the only thing i want to tell you is that everything happened before has all gone.
i did this kind of thing to my friend in senior high school.during the period i did not respond to her even when she talked to me face to face.after graduation,i came to realize all of a sudden that every friendship should be treated equally.therefore,after that she accepted my apology and told me to forget all the bad memories.and now we have reverted to the original state.
through this event,i get to know how to deal with my friends and forgive others.so i think if you post this words,you still care the friendship between you and her.why don't you forget previous bad memories and welcome tomorrow?
wish you good luck!
@canofan (36)
• United States
9 Aug 09
We all have troubles in life. Unfortunatly and fortunatly some people are more successful then others but if she was a good friend for life she won't judge you by your job, friends look past just that they see you for your personality not what you do. I would suggest you call her back, maybe meet up w/ her and catch up cus she must be a really good friend if she called to say happy birthday. Don't let a good friend slip away because you only get one chance in life. She'll see you for more then your job. Hope i helped some
@munizm07 (4)
• United States
9 Aug 09
I believe that you should call her. No matter how much more you say she prospered than you, she will not care. If she really is a good friend she will not care about that matter. Thats how it is with my girlfriend and I, she really has succeeded more than I have but she doesn't care. Oh and also I don't know about you but my relationship with my girlfriend has motivated me, I have gone back to school to get my degree. Maybe it will motivate you too.