I have been thinking about this in the context of the broken friendship with my former best friend (i've posted about what happened before).This year,I find my self debating whether to send a Christmas card or not.I am quite sentimental about Christmas and would love to think it might be a time when we could start talking again.I know that's unrealistic as my friend has mental health issues ,has no sentimentality about Christmas and has shown me this year how cold she can be (which shocked and upset me even following on from many the lies and excuses she'd made before).

I don't know whether to send a card or not,if I do,I don't really feel able to write much more than my name in it.I know that if I send it,I'll hope for a reply and probably feel hurt again if I don't get one.Is it better not to send one,or do I say it's Christmas,give it a go,if I'm hurt or disappointed then so be it,but she's ill and I should try?