A friend of Biyi's actually turned up on our doorstep unannounced a couple of nights ago because Biyi hadn't answered a text message.
Jesus CHRIST. I figure I just got to get over not being in the know/chosen helpmeet. I didn't earn it, and if that's the biggest problem I have at the time, it's clearly the smaller of the problems on the table.
But that friend does have a bigger problem than feeling isolated in the friendship.
maybe they need better friends than me.
I think you are, at best, looking for the word "different", but might also be looking for the modifier "in addition to" somewhere up in there. No one needs only one sort of friend, do they?
I have a friend who is pretty much family to me, but she has a tendency to BE DRAMATIC about everything with a side of making things all about her reactions and needs. She means well, but when my mom passed away, another friend asked me if there was anything they could do for me, I said
"Please cope with Friend X for me, because I cannot manage her grief on top of this."
There are lots of people who I don't hear from for days on end that I don't worry about. That may say more about me, though.
I sometimes worry that I am so independent, if I died in my sleep, it would take too long for people to notice and come rescue Cagney.
Though Cagney might be well fed . . .
This has actually crossed my mind...and frankly, I'd prefer that to him starving...but he sleeps in a crate. He couldn't get out, or even bark out the window!
Next time you feel sickly, unlatch his crate.
Maybe some Rube Goldberg-ian contraption hooked up to your alarm clock - if it goes off for x amount of time without you turning it off, Cagney's crate gets opened (via a mousetrap, bowling ball, lit match, etc.)
I hate dealing with stressed-out students. I feel really bad for them, but with one student this semester in particular, just talking to her takes so much energy, because I have to keep constantly calming myself down, because it's like her stress is contagious, and I get really stressed out just from talking to her. By the time she's done talking, I just need to go somewhere quiet and relax and breathe for a while before I can do anything productive.
maybe they need better friends than me.
I think you are, at best, looking for the word "different", but might also be looking for the modifier "in addition to" somewhere up in there. No one needs only one sort of friend, do they?
Totally this.
