people can change, a lot.

You used to be so loving and kind – now you do things like sleep with someone you've known for years, then sneak out and don't speak to her? That's absolutely disgusting and not something I would have ever pictured you, or your friends to do. But, I guess that's what happens when you care to be in with the cool kids, start concerning yourself over image, and lust after women as objects, rather than people. I was curious for years who you'd become and whether we'd ever have the opportunity to just cut the past loose and talk like human beings to one another. Sadly, you seem to be nothing like the person you used to be, which is such a shame because you were great. I always felt like you would be successful and grow into an even better person, but I guess somewhere along the way you became jaded. I don't know what caused you to lose yourself so much that you may not even be aware of it. I feel sad because having you never speak to me again years ago was a great loss and source of confusion for me, but now I'm sad because it's like the person I once knew doesn't exist anymore. It's like you're dead.

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this is hard to admit

Aug 5, 2015 at 7:57am

But that person sounds exactly like me. I used to be such a loving and caring person but somehow managed to become some jackass who uses women for sex at bars and clubs then leaves. I had stopped for a while but now Im right back to the sleeping around and drinking to much and smoking too much pot to make myself numb to the reality that who I used to be is lost, I have been hurt too many times and hurt others first before they can hurt me. I want to get back to who I once was but just like who I became its not something that can happen over night. I guess what Im trying to say is, if this person was once a good soul they still have it in them to be good they just need to hit rock bottom to realize it and hopefully change their ways before its too late....

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OP

Aug 5, 2015 at 5:42pm

Thanks for sharing that @thisishardtoadmit. I totally believe that to be true. To be honest, the person I'm speaking about hasn't been in my life for years, so I don't really know where they're at within themselves and whether it's a matter of hitting rock bottom.
However, I've had to hit rock bottom myself in order to come back to my true self and continue on the path of self-growth as an integral part of my being. So I definitely know that it's possible to change who you are and how you behave, at any point in your life. I hope that you find the strength within yourself and support from loved ones around you (who are more like the person you used to be/want to be) to make the changes that you want to make in your life.

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the rock

Aug 6, 2015 at 1:26am

my life was/is an endless series of confusion and messes (thats an awkward word) and somehow I got lost along the way. and now, after too many mistakes I am getting to know my self and how important the things i lost were (insert Joni Mitchell song here)
(the jokes were an attempt balance the melodramatic tone)

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pssst

Aug 6, 2015 at 4:17am

Maybe he's dating someone else? I don't talk with women i've slept with before when i'm seeing someone else.

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OP

Aug 6, 2015 at 5:53pm

We were like first loves (well, at least he was to me!)... he stopped speaking to me just few months after the break up (and he was the one who wanted to still remain friends), never spoke to me again. I've seen him once in the flesh since (yeeears later), I said hi, we hugged - and it was awkward and over that fast. I saw him once more over a year later in a coffee shop (just last week) and we both pretended not to see each other, though we both definitely saw each others.

It's just surprises me how people can just cut people out forever, not giving them the time of day especially when it's been YEARS and never having ended on bad terms.

I don't know, I would rather be curious and at least have a few minutes of catch up and see who we are rather than just be immature and cold (but I guess I'm now guilty of that too after last week). Ultimately it just doesn't makes sense to me, but it seems like he needed to do that for himself for some reason. I just wish I was privy to that reason. I would at least tell someone respectfully why I was cutting contact.

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