I just came back from the supermarket where I "met" someone I know. The person in front of me at the cashier line was one of my school friends. I tried to establish eye contact to say hello, but he was ignoring me and treating me like I'm invisible. He clearly was avoiding me... When I realized it I did the same... If you haven't seen and talked to each other in 5 or 6 years you are still friends... Right...? π₯
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It depends. We don't really know what goes on in other people's minds, & from your story, you probably have no clue as to what's happened in that person's life so it's hard to draw assumptions on how they might view other people (including you) in the scheme of things in their life. If you consider them a friend then that's good for you. It can get heavy when you think about it too much & let it affect you.
The thing is that this happened with several school friends before... Idk...
If you know that you're the common denominator there & they all seem to be avoiding you, then that's that. Let's agree that they're avoiding you, then. But putting yourself down because other people can't continue to be friends with you is not a good idea. We still don't know why they do/did that, & even if it has to do with how you carry yourself these days, it's not gonna help you to again put yourself down. The faster you can dust yourself off from that experience, the earlier you can start improving yourself & the more time you can spend on things that actually matter to you. I hope l don't sound like I'm telling you how to act. Feel free to feel what you feel, but know that even that has to have a timeout so you can move forward to better things.
Maybe you are right...
It's normal if you're not friends anymore after that long years. But saying "hi" at least π whenever I see someone I know, in public, even if we never became friends, I still greet them even with just a smile or a wave π I couldn't reply you on noisecash. I don't know why the "send" button is not showing up. π
For me friends don't stop being friends... Idk... Maybe they don't see me as one anymore... I wanted to say hi but it didn't feel like he wanted to... Anyway... π
Maybe is going through something and didnt feel like talking at that moment :( sad though. It's ok Flip, he maybe didn't recognize you, how handsome you are nowπ Enjoy your weekendπ
Idk... Enjoy your weekend too!!