Confrontatio...

When I was 11 years old; one of my used-to-be close friends decided that she's upset with me. I didn't know what I did, I did not understand what was going on. I tried talking to her, our mutual friends tried to concile between us but whatever reason she was upset with me for, was too strong. I'd cry so much to my mom and I was miserable because I am losing my friend for no apparent reason. I gave up and just let her be.

Fast forward, a year later , she called me at home on my land line (cell phones and texting were not as accessible as it is today). She called and said "are we going to be like this for long?" I told her that I was not upset with her. If she had anything to tell me she should tell me. She did not tell me what was bothering her. She did not tell me why she was so angry with me. Somehow we just got back to being friends. Things were back to normal.

16 years later, I still have no idea what that was about. I still have no idea what I did that was so terrible.

Sometimes friendships have differences. Sometimes relationships have differences. Sometimes misunderstandings happen. That is completely normal. What is not normal is when one friend decided out of the blue that they no longer want to be friends with you. They no longer care about you.

Confrontation is important between friends especially if they're close. It shows how much these two people care about each other. How much they value each other.

Avoiding confrontation builds up and when you explode, things can get ugly.

💫𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌, 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓💫