Let's Be Children About This
So it's official, I have lost a circle of friends. Yes, a whole circle. Pretty fucked I know. How did this happen you ask? Well let me tell you friends it's called a break up. You see I returned from Maine last month to find out that my brother Bryan and his girlfriend Sharon broke up. Sharon just called him up the night before I returned and said, "It's over." She gave some logical reasons, his anger issues were one, but over all it was suspicious and a bit flaky sounding. It came out of the blue.
So how does this affect me? Well, Mari, Ian, and Viv were all friends of hers first and now none of them are speaking to Bryan and basically aren't speaking to me because I am his brother. Gee, thanks for being adults about this people. At least there was no ugliness. Everyone just stopped returning calls and such. Bryan and I have both been through this before and really there is no point trying. I find it highly ironic they are acting this way when they were the ones who told me this wouldn't happen if Bryan and Sharon broke up because our friendship is separate.
So much for separateness. I can't say I am not a little hurt by this, because I am. But I have been sensing a growing void with them for a while. Not a big one but one nonetheless. And I had a feeling from the beginning of our friendship that it wouldn't be a permanent acquaintance.
But it is like anything in life, it has happened for a reason. One day that reason will become clear. For now all I can do is keep on going and see what comes down the road. If it is one thing I have learned in life, it is that true friends stay with you forever, even if they do come in and out of your life at times. So we shall see what time will bring.
