Friendship......
7:32PM on December 20, 2009

I've always believed that a friend is the only family member that one chooses for themselves.

And that is true. Think about it; you have family members that you talk to everyday and you have family members that you only see at funerals, weddings and family reunions.

I prefer that 'Everyday' family member and friend.

This time of year is the most hectic time of year there is.

But, regardless of how busy I am, and believe me I AM very busy, I still manage to text, IM or email friends and family members every single day.

I usually don't hear from them until a day or so later...but I still let them know that I'm thinking of them.

However, with other family members and friends, I usually don't hear from them for months and months and sometimes years later and I am usually met with statements like:
"Oh I've been extremely busy with important things." or "I just haven't had the time to sit and email what with taking care of my family and all."

Each of those statements means only one of 2 things to me; If I am able to email, text or IM them, then apparently I am not as busy as they are and taking care of MY family is not as important and time consuming as their taking care of theirs......or what I am doing is not half as important as what they are doing.

Which to that I must say.."Go FUCK Yourself !!!"

It's not that I have all of this free time to sit and text, IM or email them. I was simply thinking of them and wanted to let them know this. I wasn't trying to get into a pissing contest with them about who has more to do...I simply wanted them to know that they were on my mind.

I refuse to believe that ANYONE, whether you are single, run a multimillion dollar company or have a houseful of children that you need to watch...can't take 2 minutes to sit at a phone, PC or cell and say..
"Hi, I was thinking of you so I wanted to let you know...we'll talk later. Bye"

Now, with that said...I will not go out of my way to contact any more so-called, fair weather friends in the coming year.

The more I think about it....I'm usually the first one to make contact anyway.
I send the first email...the first text...the first IM.

In fact, if it weren't for me making the first initial contact, I doubt that I would cross said friends minds.

So Be It.