Posted by Angel Girl on June 25, 2004, at 13:38:28
In reply to Re: Crying and nobody cares anymore » Angel Girl, posted by partlycloudy on June 25, 2004, at 6:53:51
> (((AG))) Your cats love and understand you, and we understand and love you. I'm the same boat with you on friendships. I have been completely unsuccessful at creating and maintaining any friendships IRL and I was finding it totally distressing. Many posts from me similar to your lament.
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> Do you see a theme here? What do think it would be like if us Babblers could actually meet face to face, give real hugs, drink real cups of tea, and paint our toenails? That would be my idea of heaven on earth. A whole buncha people who know where we're coming from, have been there themselves, and appreciate the journey and the suffering incurred along the way.
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> Perhaps friends IRL are overrated or we've seen too many episodes of Friends.
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> Take care, AngelGirl
pcYou've misinterpretted my situation or maybe I didn't explain well enough or at all. This *friend* is not IRL. She's on the net. I have no friends IRL.
I would hope that things would be as you think they would if we all had the opportunity to meet IRL but it seems that whenever I get too close to someone, or they too close too me, whichever way you want to say it, that's when everything falls apart. I seem to only be able to manage *friendships* at a distance. I've even had the situation of having the same problems with those who also suffer from one form of mental illness or another. I can't seem to have a close relationship with anybody.
AG
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