I Must Be Really BORING!
People can’t escape fast enough!
Before Medium came along and filled my social gap, I had a period of feeling a bit lonely. I tried to reconnect with an old friend and she told me she hated me. So that went well.
When a childhood friend of my sister moved back to our town, she was feeling blue. Her marriage had broken down, she had health issues, things were bad. I thought I’d try to befriend her. Help her out. She could fill my loneliness gap and I could support her rebuilding her life.
I said “hello” when I saw her working in a charity shop. She said “hi”, but always seemed keen to get away. “Busy. Work to do!” I connected with her on Facebook, but noticed I was blocked from seeing most of her posts. That’s nice.
Then she got a job in the local chemist. I was pleased for her, but within weeks she’d left.
“Anxiety issues,” said her mum when I spotted her in the street. Anyway, every time I tried to connect with this woman, she was uninterested and running away. I guess she didn’t want to be my friend. I gave up. I…
