Quite possibly there may be nothing more difficult than repairing a friendship. Even running very long distances doesn’t compare. Physical work can be trained for; emotional work requires time and patience. If it was so easy to chalk it up to a simple misunderstanding, perhaps we could do the I’m sorry routine, hug, and all would be right in the world again.
Adult human relationship just aren’t this easy. Or if they are, I have not located them. Believe it or not, I don’t share everything here. If you thought I did, so sorry. Long story short, my best friend of over 15 years and I disagreed on some fundamental beliefs. Now before you wonder how these belief systems could have never come up in all the years before, rest assured they did. She and I agreed to disagree; best friends are like that. As with any strong relationship, we vowed to support the other while remaining true to ourselves.
Upon moving back to Texas, I began to see things I wasn’t comfortable with and I felt impacted the small girl I am responsible for raising into a strong, capable, independent woman. I believed her fairy godmother was on a path impossible to continue overlooking. In all fairness, I have also been down some troubled paths and was never truly confronted about them. For this I’ve asked much forgiveness.
Maybe unforgivable though was my best friend was facing a complicated, unfair time in her own life. One I promised to be there for her through. Instead, I bowed out ungracefully. Be kind. I’m no saint. And so this brings you up to speed on the last 10 +/- months.
The repair part of this discussion is slow going. We have short bursts of conversation and try to leave the past behind. Our tone is guarded. As to be expected. Will we ever find a new path, together? I honestly don’t know, but I have hope. One doesn’t quit a decade long relationship without giving everything they’ve got to make it successful.
I realize this isn’t the post many of you are accustomed to; however, on the off chance my best friend finds it, maybe it will serve its purpose. Love finds a way.
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I ask you –
Words of advice?
How long have you and your best friend been a part of each other’s lives?
Tell me how you and your friend met. She and I worked together. I was responsible for training her (I think) and she got in my face to demand why I was “talking sh*t about my family”. I hadn’t said anything about her family, my ex-husband had but you know how small towns are. From then on, we were inseperable.
Running on Fumes 
This isn’t great advice cuz it doesn’t fit your situation. I don’t really have a best friend other than my wife, basically because my employment has moved me around a lot. I just recently reached out to 3 of them but we are different people now and they were limited communications.
As for my best friend now, the reason She is Still my best friend is because we communicate and talk things through. Talking has served us well over more than a few crisises.
I don’t know the root of your disagreement w your BF but if you want her as your BF you Both still need to communicate regularly. Agree to disagree. Respect the others feelings. And show understanding (that you heard what she is saying) care and respect. But keep talking.
Its obvious that your feelings run deep for your BF by the way you closed your post. I hope she Knows that. Good luck.
That’s all I got., I’m running on fumes myself 🙂
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