
mrlovelady
- June 20th, 1:00
I am excellent at problem solving.
There are very few steps to my methodology, which helps it to be small, sleek, and universally applicable. It is in no way unique, or special, but most people I've encountered simply don't do it that way I do. For me, there exists 2 points. P, the problem, and S the solution. It is of course modified for whatever situation is required, be it Electrical work, Cooking, Sex, or in the case I'm about to show you, People. In its most basic form, it is modified by I (Individuals involved), O (outlook), A (actions), and K (knowledge).
So S = P/(O(AK))^I
You know what stuck me today? My outlook was incorrect. The way I viewed the situation was that she and I were best friends, and lovers who eventually fell apart. I felt that we separated because we "didn't have a future". We would just repeat the same thing over again. While correct in my understanding of that timeline's outcome, I didn't really understand why it was that way.
So we moved at different vectors. She did whatever it was that she did, and I found that I could love my filipina, because I desperately needed to be loved. I love her in a way that I have not loved before. The intensity is of course less, as well as the obsession and dependence, but what is most different is that I ask only for love from her, and not friendship. With JJ, and Luciana before her, I was friends first, and that grew to something deeper. One individual sated 2 needs, and I thought that was how it was supposed to be done. Give yourself in your entirety to her, and get the same back. This is of course, an ideal, and rarely found on this earth.
When I discovered this, I was overjoyed. I wasn't in love with her anymore! I could have my friend back! Hooray! But that wasn't how it went. When I asked her to meet me, this was the response:
"At this point in time I don't think it would be wise to meet up. I hope your life is going well."
Outrage is not a strong enough word for this. For me, it was a simple yes, or no. I interpreted her response as "I'm going to stand in the middle of the road and refuse you, but not actually refuse you because I want to keep my options open." So I responded in anger:
"Please elaborate. Do you mean 'not now' or 'not again'? Why do you do me such a disservice by giving me a obviously unsatisfactory response? Answer this question, and I'll leave you alone; do you want to see me again? If so, then we will meet at our leisure. If not, then you need not be concerned about hearing from me again.
When you answer me, please give me a straight answer."
To which she replied:
"Why the hell do you want to come back if you think I'm such a selfish bitch? I really don't feel like we can be friends anymore. And I think my response was clear enough. I said "at this point in time", which clearly meant "not now". I just don't need your drama right now. Please don't contact me again."
This is the key that I missed. Do you see it as clearly as I do now? The fact that I didn't make this connection was stupid of me, and proof the my emotions were ruling me. She said she didn't think we could be friends, but still desired to meet later. She desired to keep me on backup. Probably not conciously, and more than likely with good intentions, but on back up none the less. It was here that I began to lose my mind. I didn't understand. I couldn't fathom, but I intuitively knew that I was heading in the "correct" direction, even if it hurt more the further along I was. All of you read that business on my LJ. She responded to it as well in email.
"The reason why I don't want to meet with you right now is because I don't feel like I'm ready to meet you yet. While you have been changing, so have I, although not as abruptly. I'm glad everything is going well in your life and I hope she is the one you marry. I don't know when or if we will ever meet again, but I will never forget that I had a friend like you. I hope you have a good life because I know you deserve it and I also knew that I could not give it to you. I am doing good right now, just really busy with medical school. I hope you do go to college and become whatever you want. The one thing that I'll always remember is our walks around the neighborhood. So I guess this is good-bye for now, and I promise, no matter what you write in your livejournal, I will not be reading it anymore. I guess I'll email you when I'm ready to meet one day, or you can email me if you want. I just wasn't expecting you to want to meet so soon, I was going to give it at least a year or two. Anyway, don't reply to this email. I really hope one day we can meet every now and then for a drink or something and talk about our lives and show each other pictures of our kids or something. But till then, I hope you have a good life."
Roughly a month later, I responded, far into the depths of uncertainty, self doubt, self pity, pain aversion, depression, lonliness, and loss. I burned the bridge, citing the reason that I couldn't stand the hope of seeing my best friend again, and that I couldn't stand in limbo waiting on the whim of her desire to see me. Did you know that the moment after I clicked the "send" button, I regretted it? I knew it was incorrect, because I wrote it in a stream of emotion. But a bridge burned for one reason is still just as burned if you didn't mean it. This was in April. I went absolutely nuts then, to the point where my family suggested that I enroll in mental services. I attempted to talk to some of the people I know about it, and was refused. At one point, I even called Faith, and she answered "You could not have called at a worse possible time." I said that I understood, and we hung up.
Faith... She and I don't really have a relationship anymore. We're both much too busy for that, and though I hope it isn't correct, I think she just forgot about me, just as I do about her. I go weeks without think about her, because we do not really have any affect on eachother's lives, and I don't get on facebook. I'm not bitter about this, nor even disappointed. I have only good memories regarding her, even if I didn't take any damned pictures together when we met. LoL
So then my filipina left, and I became increasingly isolated, working 2 jobs and going to school. The waiting job has helped me a good deal. I interact with different people every time, and even have a few customers that request me by name. LoL It is meager pay, but it's more than I had. The interaction and pleasure I get from other people is what drives me to do it more now anyway. Truthfully, I'd probably still go there to work some even if they didn't pay me. While this was all well and good, I found that I was becoming a timid, introverted person. This was further aggrivated when I asked my sister if she cared about what I thought, and she said no. I came to understand that I in all likelihood, due to my past experiences, I will never open the door to friendship again. Not because I don't want to, but because I forgot how to do it. I don't understand how to make friends with people who already have their set of friends lined out. Rather than have nothing, I take what I can get. Appreciation, admiration, keeps me from full abdication from this world. It's not what I need, but it's enough.
I think that my mistake in outlook was that I thought I was her friend. I think that if I was her friend, then she was have met with me when I asked, and though we'd definitely had had less communication, we'd still know eachother. I think that she was afraid that she'd treat me like a back up again, and that we'd just go through the same cycle if her boyfriend broke up with her when she didn't want him to. This is understandable, but it was not in my plane of understanding due to my miscalculation. I regret not seeing it, but... what can be done?
It's sort of strange seeing this all at once. I finally understand it all. There really aren't any questions left. I understand.
You know what troubles me though? I know that if I was in a situation where I had to sacrifice everyone I cared about, and who cared about me for JJ or vice versa, I would think about it. I couldn't pin down an answer in under 5 seconds like I do with all other number decisions like that. If it were Beth for Everyone, I know instantly I'd pick Everyone, because their number is greater.
Maybe JJ knows that too, and that's why she stays away. I want to believe that, but truthfully, I think living her life in medical school, having her boyfriend, her traveling, everything... I think she forgot me too. Not in the big picture of course, the "I'll always remember you!" drivel, but in the small picture. I bet that she doesn't think about me anymore at all.
That's the way I said I wanted it though.
Oh well.