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Old Nov 17, 2020, 10:14 AM
TishaBuv TishaBuv is offline
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Originally Posted by Toughcooki View Post
Well, some people care, but they actively hate me and have literally gone to great lengths to destroy me, including filing false reports, talking to supervisors, etc. That includes ex's as well as family members.

Those are people of bad character.

The people I call 'friends' are all people I can trust to generally be nice and non-abusive, and they come to me when they need to talk about something, but if I am having a hard time with something they respond with something like, 'Gee that's terrible!" then... silence.. then... 'So, did I tell you about the guy that dinged my car at the grocery the other day? I was like, OMG!' and so on. Just changing the subject. Years ago we used to talk more, and they'd have more to say, but now, I feel like I've maybe had too many crappy things happen to me and they're tired of hearing about it.

^Some people always bring the conversation right back to themselves, or your thoughts on how you have spoken about too many negative things to them has turned them off.

My therapist is all, 'you should feel like you're getting something out of a friendship, like it's benefiting you in some way' and ----- I've never had a friendship that was more than this. I've never had a friend or family member I could go to in an emergency. Never. If I get a flat on the side of the road or run out of gas in a shady part of town, I'm on my own.
I'm almost 50 by the way. Some of my friends have been friends since high school.
I don't know if there's a way to resolve this, I just feel like relationships are so empty.
Friendships work best with very low expectations, mutually nurturing contact, and sharing nice times together.
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