1. I was about to send a text to ask if I could call over tonight, and then I remembered we live together. Mi piace molto! (I like a lot - but more like it appeals to me, or favours me, a lot).
2. I lost another friend.
The email I received:
I don’t do petty holding things against people but it’s not the first time I’ve said something like this to you and if others have said similar things well maybe eventually the message will get through…….if you want to go through life giving people the impression that you are only interested in “what’s in it for Dr. Shale” and see everyone else as lesser beings that should be honoured to know you……well you may find it difficult to maintain friendships……..maybe you like to surround yourself with people who you feel are inferior to you so that they don’t pose a treat to you……and that’s an insecurity issue that only you can sort out…….I’d doubt for instance that you have ever introduced the Italian to any of your younger good looking male friends and if you did you definitely wouldn’t leave them alone with her for long……..or just maybe you have the right type of personality you need to survive in the financial world it certainly seems to be the reason the country is fucked at the moment……..loads of people just looking after number one…….I personally like the idea of waking up each morning and being able to live with myself……..I believe friendships are about give and take……not just one way traffic where one person just takes and is never around when they are needed to give something back……..sorry if I’m coming across a bit harsh but that’s the impression you give people whether you mean to or not……
My response is a bit:
A. Go fuck yourself.
B. You are a bloke. Toughen the fuck up. You are not on the monthly blob.
C. What the hell are you talking about?
D. Go fuck yourself.
3. I am taking up actuarial exams.
4. Oh, yeah, I am obviously upset about number 2, but I am also really quite offended.
4 comments:
So you've lost a number of friends recently. Any idea what brought the email on? Seems you might be too hardened for some of the people you've been hanging out with.
I don't recall being on the receiving end of harsh criticism by a friend. And the friends I have criticized have been generous enough to forgive my harshness and know my intention was not to hurt them, only to express concern.
Just two, but two I have known for quite some time, but two that originally did not have a great deal of time for me when I met them at the start of college.
I do not think it is anything I did that brought it on. I have not changed. I am still the same single-minded, well-intentioned but aloof, bastard I have always been. I think there is some bitterness that I am moving on with my life, and others might not feel the same way. They may feel I am looking down on them for that, even though I am not, because I just do not think that way.
well, the fact that he took the time to write an email directly to you expressing his emotions (regardless of wht they are) has got to mean sumthing, perhaps that he still cares for u? i mean, yes u might find his words disagreeable but giving him the benefit of the doubt why dont u simply ask him wht brought this about? if u claim that ur the same u, u were from since back then, then he's the one that probably changed? i dunno, but the fact that the feelings are sudden translates into sumthing else..
Hmm.
Yeah, you see it is the 'perhaps he still cares for you' that I have the problem with. Erm, we're blokes...
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