it's always a shame when One of your friends breaks up with someone and you can't talk to them any more without being a traitor. because.......although some may not admit it, when you agree to be with someone, you're also agreeing to a certain extent to be with their friends and family......it's a condition to a relationship that you're taking on a new set of friends..........these are the people that will be joining you for birthday celebrations and couples bowling night.......but one day, your friend and this girl/guy may decide to see other people..........and that means you can't be friends any more.
i remember when dick was dating that girl from springfield who's name escapes me.........her and i talked on the AIM all the time.........until her and chris ended up breaking up and she told me her and i couldn't talk any more because i was friends........with HIM. said it just like that! i didn't understand what her and him had to do with her and me.....was it because i reminded her of him? was it because she thought i'd take his side? or was it because it's just weird to still talk to a girl after your boyfriend dumps her? i mean, i know by friend law i'm required to hate her when my friend does.....but that doesn't mean we can't still be friends, right?
i've kind of recently chit chatted on this myspace deal with an ex-girlfriend of a friend of mine. she was around a pretty long time and i probably saw her 3-5 times a week. we hung out. i've been to her house probably 30 times.......and yet the DAY her and my friend broke up was the day her and i broke up as well. never saw or heard from her again.
your life change effects many other lives around you. one car breaking down in the right spot of the road can effect hundreds of lifes through a chain of events you couldn't possibly imagine. your hesitation at a yellow light you DEFINATELY could have made it through may make the guy behind you just an extra 2 minutes late to LOSE HIS JOB......go broke........his wife leaves him.......he bets his last 50 bucks on a horse that loses by a nose.....he kills the horse as well as the horse's trainer, who happened to have 4 kids that'll all grow up without a father because YOU didn't get through that yellow light.
it's all connected. WE'RE all connected. one move from one somehow effects us all. if i say something, everyone who reads it will have some sort of reaction to it....they will TAKE that reaction with them when they go about the rest of their day.......at which point everyone they talk to will be effected by what i have said......and on and on and on.....
i call bobby a piece of shit....bobby gets mad and hangs up on me.....he delivers a pizza to a woman who says she ordered extra cheese but the pizza doesnt appear to have extra cheese on it.......well bobby's already mad at ME, so he flips out and cusses her out.......she calls the manager......gets bobby fired. so bobby doesnt have a job.......and papa johns is short a driver for the next week. that means everyone's pizzas will take a few extra minutes to deliver until they've hired a new driver to replace him...so all those people delayed 3-5 minutes probably have peole waiting on them.....whether it be ill people waiting for someone to do their bloodwork in a lab.....fans eagerly awaiting an author's next thriller.......or the guy getting his pictures developed at the walgreens photo-lab....everyone's waiting for someone...which means everyone's lives are delayed 3-5 minutes for a week because i called bobby a name.
if i call bobby ENOUGH names, i wonder if i could FREEZE the world in it's tracks like zach morris used to do on saved by the bell........hmmmmm..........something to think about.
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