August 16, 2020
(Note – this should have been published on the above date. Somehow it got stuck.)
Response to my post (August 14) I received from a friend (used by permission):
But I don’t think he wants it over. Which is why he isn’t giving you the closure you desire. He is in a life right now where it just happens that he disappears for a while. You are a dear friend to him. He has proved that. But the problem as I see it is that he is so much more to you than you are to him. He enjoys the flirting and planning of dates when the time is right in his life. You crave it and watch for it every day. You need to get into a mindset that if you hear from him, that’s wonderful and special. If you don’t, it is because he is busy with other things in his life. Please don’t read that I am in any way suggesting that this is easy. I KNOW from firsthand experience, it is not. We are addicted to the attention. But that’s it right there. Find a way to break that addiction. Otherwise, you will no longer enjoy the sweet times when he does reach out. Because you are too obsessed with counting the weeks.
My response to her:
I totally agree with this. I am craving it. I am trying to focus on my writing more. I am trying to look at it as happy that I had him in my life at all. I am just so dissatisfied with my life in general I miss the good he gave me. Low self-esteem doesn’t help.
Ugh

