May I Have This Dance?
Over the last little while I have been thinking about relationships that just sort of slipped away. I've been remembering people that I used to enjoy spending time with and wondering what happened. A lot of the time I expect that if I am interesting enough people would want to spend time with me and they would make the first move of contacting me. So when relationships sort of fade away I assume that it's because I just wasn't interesting enough for them to want to spend time with. Self confidence has played a big part in my letting friendships drift.
I'm not sure why it never occurred to me that the other person could simply be thinking it was me that wasn't interested in spending time together. I'm attempting now to remedy the situations that I have created and recontact some people from my past. It's going to take some time and some doing but I know it will be worth it. Last week I had a great coffee "date" with a friend I haven't seen in years and I really enjoyed hearing about where she's at right now. I also had a fantastic phone conversation with a school friend. It seems the two of us were both sort of dealing with some things in our own lives and let that friendship slip because of extenuating circumstances. We have a fair bit in common and it's to bad that I wasn't there for her when she could have used another friend. Hopefully we'll be spending some time together in the near future.
I feel like I have missed out on relationships and friendships over the years for such silly reasons and a simple lack of confidence. I hope you aren't experiencing the same thing and I can encourage you to just pick up the phone, or send an email to someone you haven't spoken with in a while. They might be waiting for you to make the first move.
I'm not sure why it never occurred to me that the other person could simply be thinking it was me that wasn't interested in spending time together. I'm attempting now to remedy the situations that I have created and recontact some people from my past. It's going to take some time and some doing but I know it will be worth it. Last week I had a great coffee "date" with a friend I haven't seen in years and I really enjoyed hearing about where she's at right now. I also had a fantastic phone conversation with a school friend. It seems the two of us were both sort of dealing with some things in our own lives and let that friendship slip because of extenuating circumstances. We have a fair bit in common and it's to bad that I wasn't there for her when she could have used another friend. Hopefully we'll be spending some time together in the near future.
I feel like I have missed out on relationships and friendships over the years for such silly reasons and a simple lack of confidence. I hope you aren't experiencing the same thing and I can encourage you to just pick up the phone, or send an email to someone you haven't spoken with in a while. They might be waiting for you to make the first move.
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