I bid farewell to a good friend today, dare I say a best friend. She will be having life experiences for the next five months. I am melancholy on the subject but not desperately so. I have not had a close girl friend since I started dating.
I once felt somewhat pathetic about that. But upon further reflection I have come to a different conclusion. Two factors keep my quantity of close friends small. One... I don't take friendship lightly. I want to invest a great deal into my friendships, which naturally limits their number. Two... I have been burned. I have been taken advantage of, and it has made me wary. So I have had opportunities for friendship that I have not taken. Some were just because I didn't get the sense that the potential friend would ever get me. I have my eccentricities, and I prefer to spend my time with people who can appreciate them if not share them outright.
Thus I bid farewell to a unique and wonderful person. We will keep in touch and hope to cross paths again soon. If the winds are favorable...
