@will19 - I'm glad you rekindled the connection with your ex-friend, if he's able to be supportive when times are trying. Sounds like you have a significant history together. Your bond with him may have it's limitations. I've had a few friendships like that, where I had to adjust my expectations, so as not to be chronically disappointed. But there was still value in keeping the connections going. I hope your difficult situation resolves soon in a favorable manner.

Thank you, Rose. In the last few years it's been like that between he and I. We go along OK and then he starts nagging; and it's hard for me to take. So that's when I end up letting him go. He's all that I have as a local friend. After I let him go, I feel so alone. It's not bad for me being alone but it's hard when trouble(s) happen. So in the last few years, it's been that way. I let him go and then I take him back because of troubles. He's always been good at comforting me during those times. But I'm not crazy about him nagging out of the blue at me.

Oh and by the way, as of now, a minor ordeal (and they are a big deal to me) that has happened recently has been successfully resolved. I feel a big sense of relief now.

Quote from Rose76[I]I, myself, am hanging in there. Been doing my pre-holiday cleaning of my place. I feel pretty good, but I have to push myself. I'm inclined to spend too much time in my recliner, surfing the net.