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Long story short ... had a male friend in 1998, then he moved away and we reconnected in 2007. We became the best of friends ... talking almost every day (sometimes for hours), he was deeply concerned when I had to go to the hospital, I helped him with groceries when his finances were low, etc. After November 2008 (the election) and joining a fundamentalist Christian church associated with Oral Roberts, he stopped talking to me COLD-TURKEY and would only answer in one-word answers that were rude (when he chose to even answer) and kept forwarding me religious e-mails (I'm a Christian, too, but these were far-right nutjob conspiracy type e-mails ... I mean really, really nutty). I nicely told him I would love to talk to him about life outside of politics and religion and that I still want to be his friend, but he had no response to that. I even sent him holiday greetings on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but he did not acknowledge same (and in the past he would). I know he is real involved with new friends at his church and stuff, but for him to be be rude and stop talking ... for no reason at all is immature, IMHO. What do you think of this ... and why am I still missing him so much when he ended up not being nice after all? I think if I write a goodbye letter to him, it will be a positive step in the grief process ... but then again something tells me if I do this, it will come back to bite me in the butt.