Last friend
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 6:09 pm
Hi everyone,
I have an aunt who I've always felt close to. I think of her more as a friend. We used to meet for walks or shopping or for sleepovers at her house where we'd stay up late talking, laughing, and catching up. She lives about half an hour away. She's been my friend through it all.
I don't make friends easily and it's even harder to for me to maintain any new friendships (in person. It's nice and easier to share online in forums like this & get to know people from a distance.). Right now, and for the last couple of years, my aunt has been my only "real" friend.
Anyway, things have changed over the past year. Her son has moved back home and she's started a new job. We only see each other every other month now. She rarely answers my texts when I try to maintain some kind of connection between these visits.
I'd like to spend more time together, or at least feel reassured that she still wants to be friends with me. I think about saying something to her but I don't want it to have the opposite effect.
The only reason we see each other now is because of my scheduled hair appointments. She says she still likes to join me for the day (every other month), but then I don't hear from her again until right before the next appointment.
I'd appreciate some insight or advice on this. I have an appointment coming up in a few weeks. I haven't heard from her since June. Part of me wants to reach out to her again, while the other part of me feels resentful and hopes she forgets so I can take my daughter with me instead, or just go by myself.
I have an aunt who I've always felt close to. I think of her more as a friend. We used to meet for walks or shopping or for sleepovers at her house where we'd stay up late talking, laughing, and catching up. She lives about half an hour away. She's been my friend through it all.
I don't make friends easily and it's even harder to for me to maintain any new friendships (in person. It's nice and easier to share online in forums like this & get to know people from a distance.). Right now, and for the last couple of years, my aunt has been my only "real" friend.
Anyway, things have changed over the past year. Her son has moved back home and she's started a new job. We only see each other every other month now. She rarely answers my texts when I try to maintain some kind of connection between these visits.
I'd like to spend more time together, or at least feel reassured that she still wants to be friends with me. I think about saying something to her but I don't want it to have the opposite effect.
The only reason we see each other now is because of my scheduled hair appointments. She says she still likes to join me for the day (every other month), but then I don't hear from her again until right before the next appointment.
I'd appreciate some insight or advice on this. I have an appointment coming up in a few weeks. I haven't heard from her since June. Part of me wants to reach out to her again, while the other part of me feels resentful and hopes she forgets so I can take my daughter with me instead, or just go by myself.