I have a hard time keeping friends. No, that's not quite the right way to put it. I have a hard time making deep, important friendships, and then keeping them. It's not that I'm some sort of social outcast or regularly shunned; it's just that I'm not everyone's cup of tea.
I tend to be a little intense when I'm first trying to get to know someone. I ask questions that are (probably) too personal. I view things in a slightly morbid, perverted light. Wow, even reading that sentence makes me shake my head. I also expect a great deal from people, and have high expectations of them. I guess it's that old adage, "treat others as you would like to be treated". I will be loyal to you until the end of time and expect the same in return. I will do things that you will think are above and beyond the level of our friendship, which will then make you feel bad because, hey, you think I'm a nice person, but aren't we just acquaintances?! Then I'll make a bad joke, or inadvertently make fun of something that you really like (The Bachelor, maybe?) and then you'll stop returning my texts, and then maybe cancel plans.
And I will lose another friend just by being myself. I try to think of it as a curse and a blessing. A curse for the obvious reasons, but a blessing because the people who love me for all my flaws and positive attributes are the sort of people who I can count on to help me bury the bodies of those who won't be my friends.
I'm kidding. Or am I?
Thank you Morris, Danielle, Sis, and Richard. I love you all!
Until next time--
Jenna
And I will lose another friend just by being myself. I try to think of it as a curse and a blessing. A curse for the obvious reasons, but a blessing because the people who love me for all my flaws and positive attributes are the sort of people who I can count on to help me bury the bodies of those who won't be my friends.
I'm kidding. Or am I?
Thank you Morris, Danielle, Sis, and Richard. I love you all!
Until next time--
Jenna
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