Sad, Sad, SOML.

It happens to the best of us and sadly it is never anyone's fault.

But, to both people involved, one person is considered to be responsible and therefore MUST hold all the blame. Yes, that person is you. You, innocently nice, have now turned your best friend's affections into something more than just friendly. You don't feel the same way. So now you feel guilty when you have to reject him, because you feel it kind of IS your fault that a once great friendship is now ruined, and the other person considers you guilty as well because hey, if you would have accepted his loving pledges, you two would be tighter than ever.

Looking back now I realize that I do not have as many friends as I could, so I immediately feel bad and like I've done something wrong. But then I stop to think and I realize that it isn't anyone's fault, just the annoying rule that friendships must always be so fragile.

Why is it that friendships can take days, weeks, months, even years to form, but they can be ruined within the time span of one phone call, or one text, or anything that breaks the normal pattern that it followed before?

Just something to think about. Because friends that suddenly, annoyingly, aren't your friends anymore-now that's definitely the SOML and if it's the SOYL, let me know.

Luuuuuuurve,
M