We interrupt this broadcast....

While I'm figuring out why it's not showing more pictures, I have something that I want to vent about... I don't know if it's venting, or just plain upset... but either-or, I've got something I want to say.

Last night, Rick stayed late at work, and ended up chatting with Litisha. As you may recall, Tish is the one in China, one of those for whom we set up the blogs. Their chat was short, but powerful, and Rick copied the text of it to me, so I could understand how upset he was. Basically, she told us that she no longer wanted to be friends with us. She feels that we don't have anything in common anymore, that she's a different person now, has changed and she doesn't feel that the relationship should continue. Rick tried to get some understanding from her, to figure out from which part of left field this came from, but she was having none of it. She basically ended the conversation, wouldn't discuss it, wouldn't explain it, and left it at that. And you know what? As he did say to her.... Litisha definately HAS changed - the old Litisha would never dump her friends.

I'm pissed off. I honestly think that this is her way of getting back to us because she wanted us to go to RennFaire and we couldn't make it. Well excuse us for having a life. She has cried on our shoulders, in our ears, used us for comfort... and we have given it, listened to her, been the kleenex, and not complained. Why? Because we WERE FRIENDS. I don't understand this!! Does anyone? You know WHY we don't have anything in common, or why she THINKS we don't have anything in common? Because she's so wrapped up on her own little world, she doesn't care to know what's outside of it. She doesn't care what is going on in OUR lives, does she? Nope. So how is she going to know if we have anything in common anymore if she doesn't ask? There are so many little nit-picky things I could say, but I'm not going to. I'm too nice. Hey... I guess we don't have anything in common. I wouldn't just dump my friends!

Hell... look at Michele & Bill!! They up and moved to BC. And did we dump them? No. Do we have a lot in common? Not really. But what we DO have in common keeps us friends. Yes, there's the physical distance, but what did we do?? We planned a trip and went to see them. It doesn't matter how long between talks or emails or visits, its like there wasn't any time between them when the next one hits. Michele & Bill and Rick & I are all friends because we want to be. We care enough about each other to keep it open, to keep it going, to love each other as people, regardless of what happens.

I guess thats where us and Litisha differ. We give a shit. And she doesn't. Well, it's her loss. There are lots of fish in the sea of friends... we'll just be a little more careful which ones we keep in the boat and which ones we throw back to the sharks.