Nearly Not Friends....
Right, well I'm off out to meet a friend shortly ? I haven't seen this friend Jessica, for a good few months so I am looking forward to seeing her and her daughter Annie. I am taking my 11 year old daughter too - they have got a lot of catching up to do as well. It is interesting though how we sometimes feel about our friends and it can be all too easy to lose contact, sometimes through life just being busy or they may have done something to upset us or that we disagree with. Sometimes though, we can lose friends through misunderstandings. This is what nearly happened with Jessica.....
So I have invited Jessica over for coffee and to a social gathering at mine a couple of times in the last 3 to 4 months (we'd usually see one another I guess about once a month or so with our daughters, so when she turned down my last couple of invites (rude!!!), I must admit, I was a bit pissed off.... I started asking my partner if he thought that she didn't like me anymore - I was now starting to get a bit sad too about it all and wondered if now that our big girls had started at different secondary schools, she was letting our friendship slip. Then my thoughts turned to 'sod ya' if you can't be bothered then nor can I!
Oooppps, just realised the time... must dash or I'll be late to meet Jessica, will finish this later!!!
I'm back....
So anyway, with my mind working overtime, I was racking my brain (not a huge brain so did't take too long....) to see if there was something else that might have happened, that perhaps I'd done something wrong without realising it. I couldn't find anything.... So I messaged Jessica "Hi Jessica, just a quick message to say 'hi' and hope that you are okay. Be nice to meet up for a coffee or something soon if you get a few minutes. I could come meet you on your lunch break if you like?" Well, you could have blown me down with a feather!! Jessica messaged me straight back - she'd not been feeling great since before Christmas really and we arranged to meet today ?
Jessica told me how she is now on anti-depressants and beginning to feel better than she had - GUILT, I now feel guilty... it wasn't about me but about how she was feeling and she was struggling ?. I shouldn't have dismissed the no replies but then on the other hand, I didn't want to annoy her... tricky thing this friendship malarkey! Anyway, we had a lovely time (I hope that she sincerely did too) catching up and putting the world to rights and after a light meal, the girls insisted that we make a quick stop at 'Furniture Village' for a hot chocolate and a cookie - The lady sales assistant made and brought them over for us ?. Have you ever tasted their delicious cookies and hot chocolate?!? And they are FREE!! Albeit, meant for paying customers i'm sure... Jessica nearly convinced me that she was getting a new sofa so she must have fooled the sales assistant 100% ?
