My dear friend,
Why has our friendship failed? I feel as though our relationship was never quite given the chance it so richly deserved.
Was it something I said? Was it something I did (or did not do)?
I've tried to be a good friend. I talk about you on occasion. I visit. Even when I'm exceptionally busy, I will check in to make sure things are kosher with you.
Yet you spite me so.
Regardless of the efforts I have made to allow our friendship to bloom, you make absolutely no move whatsoever to take "us" to the next level. You seem more than happy to just sit there and do nothing; content in my actions, but never reciprocating.
I don't get it.
But I don't want it to end. Clearly, I feel more indebted to our friendship than you.
Some might call it codependency, others obsession. Me? I prefer to use a Web acronym to describe it... BFF... yes, "Best Friend Forever." That's what you mean to me. And that's what I thought I meant to you.
Is it because I am just one man? A lone soul in a sea of millions striving to be your pal?
I know you are well loved. You have many, many friends. But none of them would ever treat you the way that I would if you'd just give me a chance.
Those other 101,872,606 "friends" you have? They don't care about you the way I do. They're nobodies. Just faces trying to be cool by association.
Tom, why am I not your friend? Please explain this to me and help me reconcile my feelings.
Still your BFF,
Heartbroken in Chicagoland
I've got a meme for you in the extended post, courtesy of C(h)ristine.
Checklist Meme
Just bold the things you have accomplished in your life.
- Bought everyone in the bar a drink
- Swam with wild dolphins
- Climbed a mountain (a small one)
- Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
- Been inside the Great Pyramid
- Held a tarantula
- Taken a candlelit bath with someone
- Said "I love you" and meant it
- Hugged a tree
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightning storm at sea
- Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
- Seen the Northern Lights
- Gone to a huge sports game
- Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
- Grown and eaten your own vegetables
- Touched an iceberg
- Slept under the stars
- Changed a baby's diaper
- Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
- Watched a meteor shower
- Gotten drunk on champagne
- Given more than you can afford to charity
- Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
- Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
- Had a food fight
- Bet on a winning horse
- Asked out a stranger
- Had a snowball fight
- Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
- Held a lamb
- Seen a total eclipse
- Ridden a roller coaster
- Hit a home run
- Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
- Adopted an accent for an entire day
- Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
- Had two hard drives for your computer
- Visited all 50 states
- Taken care of someone who was shit faced
- Had amazing friends
- Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
- Watched wild whales
- Stolen a sign
- Backpacked in Europe
- Taken a road-trip
- Gone rock climbing
- Midnight walk on the beach
- Gone sky diving
- Visited Ireland
- Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
- In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
- Visited Japan
- Milked a cow
- Alphabetized your CDs
- Pretended to be a superhero
- Sung karaoke
- Lounged around in bed all day
- Posed nude in front of strangers
- Gone scuba diving
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Played in the rain
- Gone to a drive-in theater
- Visited the Great Wall of China
- Started a business
- Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
- Toured ancient sites
- Taken a martial arts class
- Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
- Gotten married
- Been in a movie
- Crashed a party
- Gotten divorced
- Gone without food for 5 days
- Made cookies from scratch
- Won first prize in a costume contest
- Ridden a gondola in Venice
- Gotten a tattoo
- Rafted the Snake River - or was it the Colorado River?
- Been on television news programs as an expert
- Got flowers for no reason
- Performed on stage
- Been to Las Vegas - next June
- Recorded music
- Eaten shark
- Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
- Had a one-night stand
- Gone to Thailand
- Bought a house
- Been in a combat zone
- Buried one/both of your parents
- Been on a cruise ship
- Spoken more than one language fluently - not quite, but close
- Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Raised children
- Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
- Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
- Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
- Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
- Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
- Had plastic surgery
- Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
- Wrote articles for a large publication - does my blog count?
- Lost over 100 pounds - if you count all the times I lost weight, it totals well over 100 pounds, but there were weight gains in between
- Held someone while they were having a flashback
- Piloted an airplane - would an R.C. count? Nah, I didn't think so
- Petted a stingray
- Broken someone's heart
- Helped an animal give birth
- Won money on a T.V. game show - as a kid for naming all Santa's reindeer
- Broken a bone
- Gone on an African photo safari
- Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced - not for decorative purposes and not intentionally, either
- Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol - all of the above
- Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
- Ridden a horse
- Had major surgery
- Had a snake as a pet
- Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon - been there and hiked, but not to the bottom
- Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours - it's called college
- Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
- Visited all 7 continents
- Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
- Eaten kangaroo meat
- Eaten sushi
- Had your picture in the newspaper
- Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about - I've converted three people to Mac users
- Gone back to school
- Parasailed
- Petted a cockroach
- Eaten fried green tomatoes
- Read The Iliad and The Odyssey - just The Odyssey
- Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating
- Skipped all your school reunions - so far, so good
- Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
- Been elected to public office
- Written your own computer language
- Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
- Had to put someone you love into hospice care
- Built your own PC from parts
- Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
- Had a booth at a street fair - it was actually my mom's booth at a craft fair, but I was working it with her
- Dyed your hair - tried to, but it didn't work
- Been a DJ
- Shaved your head
- Caused a car accident - it was just me, though
- Saved someone's life - this can be argued as the car wreck I was in was what caused my dad to finally start wearing his seatbelt every day; think of it as preventative lifesaving
What have you done?
92.5 out of 150 isn't so bad. But there are so many more on this list I want to do.
