how_to_be_a_better_friend In_Bloom *Answer the phone before it goes to voicemail *Reply to e-mails, not just the ones from "them" *Accept invitations to go out that are non-dates instead of being a sulk at home *Go into the shopping mall with them. Fuck, I hate the shopping mall *Don't laugh when they throw up 090305 ... Lemon_Soda You can find all of this and more in a book called "How to be a Gentleman" 090305 ... unhinged returning communications would be nice 090305 ... no reason follow through on promises remember important things practise common courtesy and consideration 090305 ... In_Bloom I just failed, again. Panic drives me to be insular. 090318 ... unhinged implying or stating that you are communicating cause for the first time in months you don't have anything better to do isn't really putting you in the plus column (but being surrounded by shitty friends has taught me something important; i am my own best friend) 090319 ... auburn I have no clue how to be a friend. I've socially isolated myself. And now I can't remember how you do the 'friend' thing. 090320 ... Lemon_Soda Master "Consideration" 090320 ... unhinged does not include apologizing for ignoring me and then going right back to ignoring me when i tell you how i feel about you ignoring me. actions speak louder than words trite but true if it is that easy for you to get caught up in your life without me what kind of a friend are you? definitely not the best_friend you were supposed to be. most people do not really mean what they say. you are going to have to DO something else to prove it to me. i think we are tired of each other. which on one hand is sad, but on_the_other_hand maybe we've just outgrown each other. 090505 ... hsg Lemon_soda summed it up better than I've ever seen. master_consideration easier_said_than_done but we have to start somewhere. 091216 ... Theocracy what happened to you dude? you claimed to be a friend, but you disappeared. 100414 what's it to you? who go blather from