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December 31, 2016 at 1:15 pm #124097AnonymousInactive
Thanks, i’ll try keeping it in mind. She came into my work today for a quick minute to get a subscription then had to race to work so I never saw her. Text her a few times after I wrote the above post asking what type of yoga she does, if it’s that tapping yoga she’s wanted me to get into? and that i’ll try it out when I go to the mountain in March and that maybe if she still wants to come with me to the mountain in march we can try the yoga at the top, then I said to have a great new year and said I hope great spirit keeps you guys safe and no arguments. Hopefully I get a reply back saying the yoga and that she would love to do some yoga with me at that mountain.
December 31, 2016 at 1:28 pm #124098AnonymousGuestDear blkhwkdwn1:
I like it that you wished her no arguments during the family gathering because it is a personal piece of information that she shared with you and you are showing her that you listened to her and remember what she shared with you as well as that you wish her well in that regard.
The yoga part is also good, meaning you listened to her. It is a less personal piece of information- still, any info you remember and follow through in communication with her is a good job on your part.
I hope she texts back to you… even though she dislikes texting. Depending on what she was doing as the text got through, don’t know if she knows about it yet, how busy she will be later on.. know she is working till 10 pm, right? That is mighty busy!
Away from the computer for a few hours, raining with a tiny bit of snow, soon to take a walk out.
anita
December 31, 2016 at 2:21 pm #124126AnonymousInactiveThanks, I figure she will text back during her break or a quick time in the back to see who text her. She said she does not hate texting but she’s not really much of a texter, it’s hard to talk to someone via text. Which was weird because we used to text all the time back then and she seemed fine with it, now it’s hit or miss as in she will either text me back or ignore the text all together. Texting is my only way of communicating to people…I hate my phone voice, and it’s hard to talk to people many times which leaves texting, which is my way of talking to people. She prefers face to face or maybe phone..i dunno. I’ve still yet to ask her for the home phone number she said I can have and call her, which comes to my next thing. WHEN do I call? how do I know if she even wants to talk? I have a fear that if I talk to her i’ll annoy her! she will think “god not him again! why can’t he just leave me alone?” I figure i’ll call a few times a month but that seems like a mistake. If I phone a few times a week like I text a few times a week she may get annoyed i’m calling her too much. I just can’t win, EVER when I start thinking, which is always. I’ll likely ask her when are good times to call her, she really hates it when I start getting this way though…like when I gave her that peace offering? she said I need to stop with this energy and just let things happen. If I called her everyday i’m sure she would get annoyed though, maybe i’ll let her know i’ll call her a few times a week maybe whenever I decide to ask for her number, which will be next week probably after all the crazy stuff is over.
December 31, 2016 at 6:42 pm #124180AnonymousGuestDear blkhwkdwn1:
I know this kind of thinking: some call it “stinkin’ thinking”- for a reason.
She may say: …it’s nothing but a blocked or unbalanced chakra, nothing that a good chakra clearing technique won’t fix. Let the Life Force flow through you unobstructed!
You don’t like your voice, doesn’t mean she doesn’t like it. Call her. To not call too often, when you talk to her on the phone, ask her when will be convenient for her to talk again and call her then. If she doesn’t give you a time, call her a week after, about the same time.
I detected nothing annoying about you. As a matter of fact, it’s been very comfortable and very pleasant for me to communicate with you. Your Life Force is Fine with me!
anita
December 31, 2016 at 7:17 pm #124183AnonymousInactiveStinking thinking is right! I’ll ask her about the phone calling schedule and tell her she can call me if she wants aswell. Gave her 2 big texts, still nothing. 🙁 I think if I start texting her a different time I may have better success? Like after she finishes work. Maybe she’s starting to ignore the texts because the time of year? Or she just doesn’t wanna talk as much as she used to.
December 31, 2016 at 7:54 pm #124185AnonymousGuestDear blkhwkdwn1:
She is still working, two more hours, so yes, not a good time for texting. Big texts? You sent her big text- no… better small texts, short texts. Better not text, better call. Big texts? What did you text her that was so long
anita
December 31, 2016 at 8:33 pm #124187AnonymousInactiveMe: Hey was wondering what yoga you do? Was it the one you showed me with tapping the ground? Might try getting into that as i’m giving insanity another go for 2 months before I head back to the mountain.
Me: Figured i’d try it out so if you still wanna go up the mountain with me in March we can try it at the top if you want. Have a great new years, may the great spirit keep you guys safe and no arguments again.
I’ve never tried this hard to keep a friendship going, it’s so exhausting! I gotta keep up the texting or i’ll never get a text, gotta plan people to meet her at her job so she keeps up with everyone or i’d never see her. Remember last coffee when she said for me to text her every once and a while to say hi? then she says she’s distancing herself away from me because I have to fight my depression alone. Would be nice if she can plan things with me, or keep up with texting. Feels like if I never text her again i’ll never get a text from her, like i’m easily forgettable. I’ve not actually seen her at my work since September. I thought friendships were supposed to be easy? you hang out, you both keep in contact with eachother, etc.
December 31, 2016 at 8:45 pm #124188AnonymousGuestDear blkhwkdwn1:
Oh, yes, you did tell me about those texts earlier (and I wrote back to you that I liked the part about the arguments in her family). I thought there were more recent texts.
As a matter of fact, earlier, I didn’t think about the TEXTING aspect here: if I received these texts, it would be too difficult for me to respond to these via texting. Too frustrating. Just too frustrating. I can hardly bear the thought of texting answers or responses to these texts. Texting, for me, would be okay for emergencies, or for questions requiring Yes or No. Short answers. Not conversations.
Give up texting, blkhwkdwn1, really. Go old fashion phone. If you dislike your voice so much attach a voice changer device (I don’t know what it is called, a voice disguise thing)- could be creepy though.
Phone, your own voice. She already knows your voice and is fine with it! She is not fine with texting (and I completely relate!)
… submitted the above and got the second part of your post above- Sure, I wish there was more going on between the two of you. That last coffee time, I don’t know the context of what she said. You wrote you didn’t say much to her, but you must have said something. Without the conversation, i don’t know. Again, I wish she had the time, and i wish she was way less busy and motivated to spend more time with you. On the other hand, the exchanges you shared here, the back and forth with her and other shares, she seems to be such a gem that i don’t blame you for being so interested in a friendship (or more) with her. Three hours soon, to midnight.
anita
December 31, 2016 at 9:00 pm #124190AnonymousGuestDear blkhwkdwn1:
Bed time for me. Regarding the stinkin’ thinking, did I share with you before that I’ve suffered from OCD (the psychiatric term for stinkin’ thinking) since I was a young child. I am very familiar therefore with the exhausting torturous experience, but there is hope in healing, really. My thinking ain’t as stinkin’ no more…There is hope, for you too. May 2017 be a better year for you, better than better!
anita
December 31, 2016 at 9:14 pm #124191AnonymousInactiveTexting is what i’m most comfortable with, I lack the social skills outside of my job. If I could call her and we talk for a long time say 3 days a week? i’d gladly give up most of the texting and just use it for small things once and a while. What I can’t do though is contact someone say once a month, it would feel so fake barely at all keeping in touch.
Now that i’m getting older and got no closeness to people, no real friends I can talk with, no family I can turn to and i’m alone in my thoughts and people my age (she’s 5 years older then me) rather hang around their families then their friends i’m pretty much running out of options and realize i’m likely going to be alone and depressed until i’m gone. No friends, no family, nobody to turn to, nobody to hang with, no girls to have coffee with and talk for hours. Just alone in the dark getting more sour with each year, soon i’ll likely stop helping people.
As for the more recent texts, mostly just me trying to talk to her and she gives me a line or 2 and nothing else. Like the last time before today we text was boxing day, then yesterday I text her since I never responded back to her other many texts so I can later.
Me: Good that you had no arguments, was it good talking to gramma and the other side of the family?
Her: Yep all is good 🙂
Her: Hope yours was nice buddy
Me: Mine was ok, not close to anyone in my family. Jay told me he wants to go to your work next weekend asked me to come so might seeya next week.
Me: UFC tonight, who wins main event? Rousey or Nunes?Nothing…then today.
Me: Hey what you doing for new years this year?
Her: Working till 930/10 🙁 then going to countdown with all my fam at my moms 🙂 🙂
Her: You?
Me: Nice i’m doing nothing. The ultimate party animal
Me: I AM the ultimate party animal
Me: Hey was wondering what yoga you do? Was it the one you showed me with tapping the ground? Might try getting into that as i’m giving insanity another go for 2 months before I head back to the mountain.
Me: Figured i’d try it out so if you still wanna go up the mountain with me in March we can try it at the top if you want. Have a great new years, may the great spirit keep you guys safe and no arguments again.That’s pretty much it…it never used to be like this, she actually used to enjoy going back and fourth, even with that job. But now it’s exhausting, she’s not into really wanting to keep in touch with me anymore, atleast by text. No other way, I might just say so long to her soon. It’s killing me so much inside going through this.
December 31, 2016 at 9:31 pm #124192AnonymousInactiveNo never knew about your OCD, sorry you went through that and glad you’re better now!
January 1, 2017 at 12:32 am #124195AnonymousInactiveAlright it’s officially 2017, Happy New Year! I’ll try giving it 1 more shot, but via phone. If this fails, then there really is not much I can do anymore. I’ll ask her if she can phone me aswell so it’s not like the text thing and only me trying, she can phone me on her days off, before/after work. I was watching a video about friendships and it says face to face time is important, so is using the phone and that going by via text or email only and stuff is a way to let the friendship die. I’ve kinda been just going off text, not much else I could have done as her work hours are weird. Coffee every 3 months is a no for me, that’s like way too far apart, she lets me know when things are also too far apart. Like when we had dinner she thought a month was too far away to have a coffee but that was back in November I think? or the mountain thing during our last coffee 2 weeks ago? thought 2 month wait was too far away but it’s really cold as I got to bike there and back, she drives. Fine by me waiting aslong as she’s wanting to go up with me a few times a month perhaps, then a coffee every month aswell? or more then once a month as she wanted to have a coffee with me less then a month later. Takes 20 minutes to walk up the mountain, another to drive there and back so 40 minutes a month.
January 1, 2017 at 9:56 am #124211AnonymousGuestDear blkhwkdwn1:
2017 it is. Heavier snow than I ever remember it outside, melting now, the sun is out.
If you could be way less distressed about the less-than desirable frequency of communication with her, especially face to face time, then it would be a good idea to continue contact with her. But if the gap between what you desire and what-is causes you significant distress AND you will have peace of mind if you end contact with her, then do so.
But will you have peace of mind, if you cut contact with her and “let her go” (the title of your thread)?
anita
January 1, 2017 at 10:43 am #124213AnonymousInactiveI’m pretty sure i’d stop eating again if I ended our friendship. I don’t WANT to end it, but I’ve noticed that for the past month she would sometimes take a day to respond back to me, now lately she just doesn’t respond back to me when I ask her questions. When I told her after giving her that gift “that’s all that text was about” she said “Oh I was busy and never saw it” I was thinking it was BS in my head. Looking back at the texts since that early November concert that I walked her to her car she responds back hours and hours later, whereas before that concert it was 30 minutes or less, normally within 10 minutes. Like I said, if the phone thing is a flop this friendship is done. Weird thing is Xmas day texting and boxing day texting seemed like things were good, lots of communication if you wanna see it.
January 1, 2017 at 11:05 am #124214AnonymousGuestDear blkhwkdwn1:
Maybe, that night at the concert, she saw you flirting with the women there, maybe she thought you were doing better than she thought, and therefore, she thought you need her less. Maybe she was turned off by your behavior that night, being drunk. I don’t know. In a text later, she said she was okay with it. Maybe she was okay with it, at that point she texted you, but it is possible that it triggered some negative feeling in her. I am thinking of possibilities.
In any case, the relationship with her never progressed into a gf/ bf status, so it never devolved from that prospect. I don’t see you being happier (more peaceful) without the contact you do have with her, at this point.
I wish you made other connections, or another connection, in a face to face context with someone else, on a deeper level the connections you have with co workers. I mentioned once the idea of you attending a group therapy for people suffering from social anxiety, mostly for the anxiety part of it, so to give you the courage and motivation to pursue other contacts as well as advance the one with her.
anita
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