Shuttling from one time zone to the other. Does not do me any good whatsoever! I am constantly fighting jet lag. With age i think my immunity system is shot down, i seem to be affected by even the slightest change in the weather. Drives me nuts!
But nowadays I am mostly bewildered by this sense of total self involvement. Eeverything seems to revolve around home an hubby. Maybe this is what marriage does to you. Maybe its for good , maybe not too much. Not so sure anymore.
Forgot a friends birthday yesterday. Feel awful about it. More often than not give myself credit for remembering things and dates. But i guess not anymore. Thinking about it, with life changing so rapidly, can you really have track of just about everything? I am guessing not. But who knows, defnitely not me. I am sure there are people who do it all the time. But honestly speaking with so little time nowadays for yourself and even lesser for friends, unless you are in the inner circle or rather the constantly in touch types, I guess friends tend to fade away... Its sad I know, but i also know its true coz I can see that happening.
Eventually you will just become one of those online contacts on the messenger who just buzz you when they see you online which could really be anything frm everyday to once in 6 months. Or else you will fade away to that number on the cell which you scroll by one day while finding another and you remind yourself to give him/her a buzz sometime.
Its really sad..I guess its also a reality check of sorts because it kinda tells you to pave path for tomm. If you don't want to fade away, pick up that phone now and call that friend you always keep putting off due to lack of time. Lack of time is really the lamest of excuses! Meet up with friends more often. Decide which friend you do want to keep and ones that you can aford to buzz once in 6 months and still be ok with it. Coz if you don't make a conscious choice, you may just fade away from their life sooner than you can think..
Oh, did i forget to mention that it has to work both ways :-)..
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Interesting!
WOW!!! So other people do think the same. I recently HAD to shift to Bangalore from Delhi and i am simply taken aback by the state of thsi city - i really don't see anything that is worth creating the hype...
two birthdays this year. lets call them A and B where A comes earlier in the year and B say mid year sometime? ;-) for the first one the friend remembered :-) a nice little chinese dinner maybe? some good time spent together?
the second one B? the friend did not remember... yes there really isnt time these days and we cannot blame anyone.
plus a marriage consumes the married. the unmarried dont have that to worry about and crowd their heads right? ;-)
you're right about one thing tho rads. it has to work both ways :-)
otherwise that little forgotten name on the messenger list or that old number on your phone, didnt get that way by itself.
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