At first I was determined not to mention this at all in public, but when
Aly betrayed me by telling Kim that I discussed her with her, I came to have a
WTF attitude. If they can’t respect my wishes, why respect theirs and keep my
mouth shut? It’s not like I’m posting any sensitive info anyway, and I don’t
know that they’re reading me in the first place. Nothing visible showed up on
my tracker yesterday from either one of them, although someone did spend a
half-hour on the same entry on Blogger. Can’t say who it is, though, other than
that they’re in the US. When my tracker can’t figure out the exact location of
someone, it just defaults to something like Kansas City, MO.
I may delete entries pertaining to them at some point, but don’t know
for sure. I’m kinda torn on that. I shouldn’t be bashing them publicly whether
they know about it or not, but at the same time it is my journal and I’m not
doing anything wrong. I don’t have a problem with sharing the same sites or
with them reading me. I only get pissed when Kim needlessly plays victim by
blocking me.
I still can’t believe Aly dumped me, but I would rather be dumped by all
my friends for being honest than gain many friends by not being honest. It’s a
reminder that anyone can dump us at any time for any reason and that no
relationship is guaranteed for life. I kind of went from shocked to bummed to
what you might call stubbornly determined and maybe a touch mad. Meaning that I
have mixed emotions about the whole thing. I’m not going to miss the drama one
bit, but I’ll miss Aly’s intelligence, creativity and insight. I don’t know why
she’d dump someone who’s been upfront with her and hang onto someone who’s lied
and two-faced her (I even once pointed out a nasty comment Kim made on Kathy’s
Facebook wall about her), but for reasons I'll never understand, it's as okay
for Kim to be dishonest as it is not okay for me to be honest. Well, Aly can
enjoy all 330 pounds of the sorry sack of shit then.
She has a right to do what she has to do, though I did send her a text
and an email telling her to at least say hello every now and then if she hasn’t
already deactivated her email account and changed phone numbers.
Still, I don’t hate her. I don’t think she’s an “idiot.” I don’t think
she plays a victim either. I think she’s made some unwise choices in life and
has a strange sense of who she considers a “friend” vs. who she can’t
“forgive,” but to say I don’t think much of her is bullshit. Sure, it’s a
little insulting that she prefers lying whack jobs like Kim as opposed to one
who’s always tried to be honest with her, but again, she has a type and
obviously she likes those who will lie and two-face her. The slave/bondage
obsession; that alone is a sign a person likes at least some degree of abuse,
right?
So Kim…lie to her and tell her to “have fun” whenever she goes to the
doctor. Be sure, if she ever joins Ask and allows for anonymous questions, to
insult her the way you did me, and be sure to bash her to Kathy and anyone else
you can behind her back. It’s ok. Aly will still love you. But never ever be
honest, not that you’re capable of it to begin with.
And Aly, I’m sorry you feel this is what you deserve, but it’s your life
and your right to pick and choose your “friends” as you see fit.
But me? I’m nobody’s liar. That’s why, as easy as it would’ve been, I
didn’t just go along with Andy when he’d accuse me of lying to him because he
has trust issues and was dumb, ignorant and uneducated about some things he
didn’t get or couldn’t relate to. I’d have been the liar he accused me of being
had I said, “Alright, alright. I’m making up my sleep disorder.” And also if
I’d magically gotten a job outside of the house and conquered my driving
phobia, knowing how thrilled he’d have been about it.
Or I could’ve just not said anything at all about certain subjects,
especially if I could’ve magically known up front how he’d react to some of
them. But that’s not me. If I started telling every single person what they
believed or what they wanted to hear, I’d quickly lose track of what lies I
told which people! Really, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with my own lies in
that case, nor would I be being true to myself. Yet to keep my mouth shut would
not only make me want to explode eventually but would also leave me feeling a
bit dishonest for not speaking up. Better to not say anything than to lie, but
still. If we can’t tell our friends exactly what’s on our minds, then I guess
they’re not really our friends after all, are they?
Yes, I got sick of the little lies here and there like how she told me
Kim rejoined Prosebox on her own. And automatically assumed BEFORE telling Aly
that Aly would sometimes manage it? Somehow I doubt that. And I doubt she isn’t
active on Twitter and Facebook, either.
And yes, I got sick of the guilt trips, intentional or not, because I
might have wanted to stop texting when Tom came home. You know, the guy I’m
married to who works 9 to 10-hour shifts that I rarely get to see? Or maybe it
was because I wanted to go do some housecleaning, some laundry, writing,
working out, or just plain wasn’t in the mood to swap texts at the moment, even
though I always DID care.
Life may not be as fun or as interesting without friends, but a part of
me is tempted to go private with my writing and just share with Tammy on
Facebook because of the drama that can come from having friends and being
honest with them. That way I don't have to censor and filter things as much
either. I don’t want to worry anybody and abandon my remaining friends, but I
have to think of myself, too. I haven’t made up my mind yet, but I can say that
if I do stay public, I’m going to remain FO on Prosebox for a while because I
don’t want to make any new friends there. I have enough people coming at me
there and I definitely don’t need additional friends and followers. I’ve built
up more of a following there than I can keep up with. I wasn’t, well, supposed
to get this popular. After all, I’m not a young, thin career woman with lots of
sexcapades to report, ya know? I’m just a middle-aged, eccentric work-at-homer
with on-and-off hormonal nightmares.
This isn’t the first time Aly and I have had a falling out. I dumped her
once and then we talked it out and moved on from there, realizing there was
more good than bad to each other. I’d like to think that can happen in this
case, but if it doesn’t, then it wasn’t meant to be.
The only other thing Aly said in her final email that I didn’t get was
that her life expectancy wasn’t that great if upping the chemo to 3x a week
didn’t help or she couldn’t hold out till surgery in June. Why wouldn’t the
chemo help and why wait till June for surgery if she’s that critical? I just
don’t get why the doctors would have her wait that long. Well, I haven’t had
any death dreams pertaining to her lately, and I know medicine has really
advanced over the years, so I feel pretty confident that she’ll make it.
Either way, she’s decided I’m too honest for her and that I think things
about her I don’t really think. Disease talking or not, as paranoia and
depression is in fact a common side effect of cancer, I gotta move on whether I
hear from her again or not.
Later…
I’m in a bit of a funk right now. The fact that I’ve managed to lose
Paula, Andy and Aly in less than a year, even if I don’t entirely regret the
first two, makes me wonder if I’m just an all-around horrible person. I don’t
regret my honesty, but I do wonder about myself at times.
Or is this just life? I once read that 7 years from the present moment,
almost all our friends won’t be our friends.
Still, I’m not going to sweat it. Right or wrong, I am who I am, I’m
always going to be myself, and people can simply take me or leave me.
I can sort of understand Aly’s point, though. While I certainly didn’t
mean to offend her intentionally, I have become more critical and less tolerant
with age. I’m much more outspoken and unforgiving as well. Is some of it
subconscious actions based on what I see so often in society? Or is it simply
how I’ve evolved given my own personal experiences in life? I’m guessing it
could be a mix of both.
It’s funny too, because while society preaches forgiveness in one
breath, I seldom see them act upon it. I don’t want my friendship back with
Paula and Andy, but what if I did? Well, I’m 90-something percent sure they
wouldn’t go for that. And what about Nane? I’d consider reconnecting with her
(this wasn’t just a friend), and while I apologized from the bottom of my heart
for going off on her for her own judgmental ways, where is all this forgiveness
people talk about? She hasn’t blocked me, but she totally ignores me. I can’t
say if she’s reading my blog or not, but I haven’t heard from her on Facebook
or via email in over a year. Furthermore, I’d say I have a better chance of
winning thousands of dollars than ever hearing from “Agent P” again.
But hey, it was a good 8 years, life goes on, and there will always be
new people to enjoy and then get into some stupid fight with, right? :)
Going grocery shopping early this morning, and well, there really isn’t
a whole lot to say right now. I didn’t sleep very well, though I didn’t have
any breathing issues or nightmares. I’ve been at a loss to remember my dreams
lately. I’ll start to remember a faint glimmer of a dream, but before I can
fully grasp it, it slips away.
Actually… there is one strange thing. Ok, one very strange thing. My
mother called to me. I swear as I was about to fall asleep I heard my mother
call my name twice, waking me back up instantly both times. This actually isn’t
the first time she’s “called” me and my father might have as well, but I can’t
say for sure.
The first time my mother called my name it sounded, IDK, distorted I
guess. Like she was terrified or suffering, not that I have a problem with that
after the suffering she inflicted upon me when she was alive.
But I’m a realist and a person of science. The brain does strange
things, especially when we’re asleep or on our way there. If it didn’t we
wouldn’t have such crazy dreams where spiders grow wings and fly while we walk
around naked in public without a single person noticing.