Last few months have been strange, a lot of stuff happening to people around me. My own parents have had illness, one seriously, it’s absorbed me.

I notice one of my friends just hadn’t been in touch, she’s okay, she posts on Facebook all the time, but although she knows my dad is sick she doesn’t message me.

Rightly or wrongly I’ve decided not to make the first move as I normally do. I suspect if I got in touch she’d be friendly but she posted on Facebook she’d sent out all her Christmas cards last week - I haven’t got one and despite remembering her birthday every year she’s never once remembered mine. I like her, she’s a nice person but I’m going to take the hint. I simply don’t have the energy or time for one sided friendship anymore.