The article discusses the author's experience of feeling a shift in a close friendship over time. Despite attempts to maintain contact, the friend became increasingly distant, ceasing to initiate plans. The author reflects on possible miscommunication or unvoiced issues but hesitates to confront the friend, trusting that she would address any problems. An invitation to brunch exposed deeper emotional pain, highlighting feelings of exclusion and confusion about the changing dynamics in their relationship.
...I figured we were both very busy women...and assumed she was buried under too many tasks... I didnât say anything about it.
I trusted my friend's emotional intelligence...our friendship is solid... assumed that if I'd said something wrong, she would come to me to talk it through.
...I inquired as to who she was having for her 'brunch.'...it hurt. It also pointed to the truth which was that I didnât even know she was having a brunch.
...I started to feel like maybe something had actually happened between us...something I didn't know, or maybe I'd done something that upset her.
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