Last month I contacted an old friend of mine that we had a bad falling out almost 2.5 years ago. I found out he was getting married this past June so I wanted to send him a gift a few days before the wedding even though we were never able to patch things up in the past. Back in June we conversed via email and I several attempts to call leaving a few message, but I was able to reach the guy once via phone and we spoke. I thought things were somewhat put behind us in the past and we would slowly work on repairing our friendship.
Towards the end of last month, he kept on telling me over email that he will call and would never call, but then send me an email message instead. I was thinking, whatever. Then the last piece of email communication we had was at the end of June where he told me that he was going to call to see how things are going. Again the guy never calls, so I’m just like screw this, I don’t have time to be playing a game. It’s either you want to be friends again or quit playing this damn game (this is running through my head).
Then yesterday I receive an email, almost a month later apologizing that he has been too busy to get into contact with me. I know this is BS, because I was best friends with the guy and knew him for almost 10 years. He responds with a few lines of conversation in his email and then tells me “If you want, give me a call later, I should be around”.
I’m like WTF! You can’t pick up the phone and call dude, I have to keep on trying here. I was talking to my buddy Ted about this yesterday and I haven’t responded back to the email message. I feel like either A) telling this guy how I really feel or B) being a real smartass. I told my wife a few weeks ago after I smelled the BS; I don’t care if I never hear back from the guy. I’ve tried over the years to mend things, but things just never worked out. I worry that a lot of it has to do with his new wife too……she can be a bitch getting into his head to play this darn game. I am really pushing for just really telling this dude how I feel about the situation even if it ends sour again.
What do you guys think and have you had similar experiences?
Towards the end of last month, he kept on telling me over email that he will call and would never call, but then send me an email message instead. I was thinking, whatever. Then the last piece of email communication we had was at the end of June where he told me that he was going to call to see how things are going. Again the guy never calls, so I’m just like screw this, I don’t have time to be playing a game. It’s either you want to be friends again or quit playing this damn game (this is running through my head).
Then yesterday I receive an email, almost a month later apologizing that he has been too busy to get into contact with me. I know this is BS, because I was best friends with the guy and knew him for almost 10 years. He responds with a few lines of conversation in his email and then tells me “If you want, give me a call later, I should be around”.
I’m like WTF! You can’t pick up the phone and call dude, I have to keep on trying here. I was talking to my buddy Ted about this yesterday and I haven’t responded back to the email message. I feel like either A) telling this guy how I really feel or B) being a real smartass. I told my wife a few weeks ago after I smelled the BS; I don’t care if I never hear back from the guy. I’ve tried over the years to mend things, but things just never worked out. I worry that a lot of it has to do with his new wife too……she can be a bitch getting into his head to play this darn game. I am really pushing for just really telling this dude how I feel about the situation even if it ends sour again.
What do you guys think and have you had similar experiences?
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