FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES

So many times we come across a lot of sayings or thoughts on friendship.
As a child I was very shy and having a group of friends was not my cup of tea. It was just one close friend that I hung around with since my second grade. We were unseparable and could share any secrets. We were together till my Eleventh Grade and then she left school. We kept in touch through letters (email was unheard of at that time). Thats when I realised how lonely I felt.

Since life goes on, I made a couple of friends in the last two years of my schooling but lost touch with them as all of us went to pursue our further studies. After that I can only say that most of my life revolved around working hard and giving my 100 percent at work. I can say that rather than friends there were a lot of acquaintances. I quit working after my son was born. At no point of time did I even have the time to think about friends.

My son started attending playgroup and we moms would religiously drop and pick up our kids. And thereeeeeee I met this new friend (mom like me) who was extremely pally. So started our social life with this couple. It was perfect. Every weekends were outings and late night parties or trips to the mall. Initially it was great. Slowly it started seeping in that in all this we really did'nt have much time for rest. There were times when we would really try to give some reasons for not accompanying them. Sometimes it got difficult to put my veiwpoint across sweetly (diplomatically as everyone would say). Well in one such conversation, I lost my cool and bluntly said what I felt. And I guess that was it. The threads of friendship were severed forever. Yeah Yeah,......I did go to her and apologize but it was too late............. I felt miserable afterwards. It took a lot of time for me to come out of this.......... I consoled myself saying that this Friendship was not meant to be......

And on the other side some acquaintances we meet or talk to can really change our lives. Make us feel good about ourselves. This is what happened when recently while on the Facebook I chatted with some of my old classmates. There were no hang ups, we caught up on old times.

I sincerely believe the quote which says "The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow without growing apart."

It would be great if you could share some of your friendship stories.