Friends?

What makes a friendship work? For me, it has gotta be these two elements - trust and communication, it's that simple, really. I'm not hankering after anything more than the casual sms/ msn message/ email (be it forwarded or personal), because that will let me know that, 'hey, this person remembered me/ thought of me'.

I totally understand that people do get busy with their lives and can't always reply on the spot. You can take a week or two to get back to me, and it's fine by me because you replied. But what really bugs me is broken promises. I just cannot accept that, not from someone whom I take to be a close friend in my life. Disappointment is an understatement. Whatever happened to keeping in touch and 'e-mailing when the internet connection is up'? I'm not asking for a lengthy, detailed account of your life thus far. All I'm asking is for you to take 2 minutes, just 2 lousy minutes of your time to write back. Just a simple one or two liner will do the trick, no 1,000 words essay required. It's not that hard right?

That's why I've never tried to really close to people in life; I know too clearly that people come and go in life, and I'm afraid those people whom I've grown to consider as my close friends will go disappearing on me in time to come. And that's what is happening to us now, isn't it?

You see, maintaining a friendship is not a one-sided affair, I can't always be the one who's making the effort. I'm tired, and if that's the way you want things to be, fine by me. Let's just go back to leading our parallel lives, where our paths never crossed. But I just find it such a waste, and so silly of me to think that I've found someone whose friendship is for life. So much for thinking that we'll keep in contact.

So hello and goodbye, I hope you're having the time of your life.

p/s: i may be always happy and cheerful but i'm not exactly noncombustible. i'm getting back on track to being happy again, and i know i've been happier before. but it doesn't matter because i know in time to come, i'll be happier than before. HAH, take that.