Among Friends

[hckynut]

@bootsanne

Welcome to the world, it seems for many, of today. How soon people forget decades long friendships, even those that are blood related. Their priority list for living is much different than mine.

I cannot say different than yours because I do not know you, or know of you. Many younger people also have serious medical procedures that takes months to recover. Did you go visit them during their times of need?

I am not disparaging you, I am just pointing out things from my own life experiences. For people that ignore others in their bad times, many of them are the first to call "foul" when they are on the other side.

Only you can weigh your complete story. Nobody on this forum knows you personally, I am assuming, so putting themselves in your position? In most disagreements or conflicts on what is right or wrong, there is always more than 1 side of each story.

There is only 1 person in my life that could ever "betray" me, and that is never going to happen. I have had many disappointments in my life, by longtime friends and family members. I however would never consider it a betrayal as that would be given them more value to my life than any of them deserve.

One thing I have never lost in my long years of life is my memory. And very few people in my life got more than 2 chances at "disappointing me.

hckynut(john)

[Moonchilde]

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@Isobel Archer wrote:

For those concerned about "record keeping" - who doesn't notice when they have given and given and given and then when they are in need themselves, those they have given to are nowhere to be found.

Oh wait - maybe those being critical have not been the givers.  Hmmmmm.

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Or maybe they've had similar thoughts in their lives but kept it to themselves because...why complain about it aloud?  Feeling it is one thing. Complaining about it aloud, especially to strangers, does...what?  Hmmmmmm.

[libbyannE]

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@Isobel Archer wrote:

For those concerned about "record keeping" - who doesn't notice when they have given and given and given and then when they are in need themselves, those they have given to are nowhere to be found.

Oh wait - maybe those being critical have not been the givers.  Hmmmmm.

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I doubt it. See my post on my husband and I happily helping care for my dad with dementia, stepmother with Alzheimer's,  blind aunt, and disabled elderly mother. It is a daily thing, sometimes worrisome and tiring, but always a joy. Even when my mother lived halfway across the country, I was the one who was there for every one of her 7 major surgeries, even though I was working at the time. No complaints. Glad to be there. 

[Ms X]

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@Moonchilde wrote:

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@Isobel Archer wrote:

For those concerned about "record keeping" - who doesn't notice when they have given and given and given and then when they are in need themselves, those they have given to are nowhere to be found.

Oh wait - maybe those being critical have not been the givers.  Hmmmmm.

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Or maybe they've had similar thoughts in their lives but kept it to themselves because...why complain about it aloud?  Feeling it is one thing. Complaining about it aloud, especially to strangers, does...what?  Hmmmmmm.

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@Moonchilde  As I recall, your birthday month starts tomorrow.  Please forgive me if I'm out of line, but I hope you will start a thread and give us all the chance to say happy birthday to you. 

[Moonchilde]

@Ms X, how thoughtful :-)

My b/d is in the last third of the month - I'm a cusp Cancer, but still a Cancer through-and-through. But yeah, almost another year older - {shudder}.

I bought some pampering (facial and massage) Groupons to use around The Day, and an early present for myself - a small moonstone pendant surrounded by rubies. I thought that was appropriate ;-)

[Lilysmom]

@Isobel Archer, ❤️.  LM

[Ms X]

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@Moonchilde wrote:

@Ms X, how thoughtful :-)

My b/d is in the last third of the month - I'm a cusp Cancer, but still a Cancer through-and-through. But yeah, almost another year older - {shudder}.

I bought some pampering (facial and massage) Groupons to use around The Day, and an early present for myself - a small moonstone pendant surrounded by rubies. I thought that was appropriate ;-)

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What day is it, @Moonchilde?  I swear you are as bad as me!  I will never tell people what my birthday is.  If you aren't going to post a thread, at least tell me when your birthday is so that I can post it.  We would like to wish you a happy birthday.  WHAT DAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY?  I will put it on my calendar and post a thread.  I will have to look at the astrological tables otherwise and post a thread that your birthday is coming up and you are on the cusp of Cancer/Leo.  OKAY, MOONCHILDE, SPILL IT!!!  What is the day?

[Moonchilde]

LOL, @Ms X, I would just feel uncomfortable doing a Happy Birthday To Me OP 🙀

It's the 22nd 🦀🌝, the same as little Prince George.

[Ms X]

Duly noted, @Moonchilde.  Unless I drop dead or am kidnapped by aliens, I will post a thread on July 22.  Thank you for that privilege. 

[Moonchilde]

Kidnapped by aliens...hmmm...a

well as long as they aren't ANCIENT aliens. I can't take the hairdos.