No Time for Me

I'm giving up on Katie. She has no time for me.

We were tight as we could be for a few years - both worked at the same company in downtown Cincinnati.

Going to movies, having lunch together, getting coffee and just hanging out was always a good time – but after she got another job last year, things started to change.

We started to hang out less and less. It took her forever to return my phone calls or e-mails. We would make plans to get together, then she would cancel at the last minute. I’ve lost track of how many times this has happened.

I haven’t heard from her in two weeks now and I’m not going to be calling anymore. I guess she's made new friends.

Time marches on, but it’s sad to see a friendship die from neglect.

- Teri Archer

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Comments

[Nan]

This also happened to me a few years ago, a friend simply started to ignore me like I wasn't there anymore. It hurt a lot so I know what you're going through.

[Jim Stanton]

My friend John and I have known each other since high school and now we're men in our 40's. We always made a effort to stay in touch and I wouldn't trade this friendship for anything.

But I also know what it's like to watch friendships fade away. It's always a sad thing.

[Liz]

I've been down this road too and it's a two way street. You work on friendships. You ignore them and think it's going to last if there isn't some give & take.

[Political Junkie]

This is sad, but I've always said that most friendships aren't meant to last forever. Friendships are like flowers -- they grow, blossom, flourish, then die out. When people's lives and needs synch up, they get along fine. When they start to grow in different directions, they move on.

Very few things -- and especially very few good things -- last forever. It's a hard lesson to learn, though.