River: Attachment

[mdlbear]

I get attached to things. Sometimes I hold on to them even after they're worn out. I have a dozen boxes of old T-shirts, big stacks of old bags and backpacks, a shelf of manuals for dead programming languages and ancient computers I was fond of once. I'm getting a little better about letting go of the things that are really broken, though I still keep many things that I think -- or hope -- might be repairable.

It's especially sad when what's broken is a friendship.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Ouch. I know damn well it hurts, and I wasn't in the picture nearly as long as you were...

May there be healing for all in the coming year.

[mdlbear]

Yeah, but I was never all that close, either. (I made a pass at her, but she wasn't interested. Fortunately for me, as it turned out.)

And thanks.

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Yeah, I've had those friendships that go bad or wrong or just change. It's never easy for whatever reason. Though I do know from vast experience that hanging on just because rarely gets you what you want back, so moving on is often the best choice. But it's still a grieving process. *hugs*

[mdlbear]

*hugs* Thanks. But hanging on? no. It's not just the friendship that's broken.

It'll take a lot of work on her part, and she'll be a different person if she manages to fix herself.

[smlmendedcorner.livejournal.com]

*hugs* it's hard when relationships of any kind dissolve, to have this situation is the worst possible kind. I hope things feel a little less terrible real soon. x

[mdlbear]

*hugs* and thanks. Apart from this particular drama, in which I'm really just a secondary character, I'm actually doing pretty well. I think.