2013-08-02, 10:30 PM
Had a nice lunch with one of my old friends today.
I used to have a big crush on her in high school, but that's since passed. Our personalities used to be very similar, and that's honestly what's kept us friends for all these years. She's been having some inside problems recently and she just doesn't want to talk about it with anyone--even me, the one person whom she knows she can talk to about anything.
The most, I think, I could've done to help her out was to just help her out with embracing the positives and using them to help deal with the negatives (I told her exactly that) but I don't think I was able to get my point across well enough. The most I can do now, I think, is just be positive myself and be positive around her. Like I said, we're really similar, but down the road it seems like I've been able to develop a really positive outlook on everything, while she's done the opposite, and by no means do I blame her.
I really do care about her. I fear that keeping her problems to herself will hurt her--she says she can't even talk to her boyfriend, her parents, or her sister about it, and she's very close to all of them. I just hope she doesn't travel down the worse road.
EDIT: I got caught up with that. On a more upbeat note, after literally never in my life having worn a button down shirt that fits me, I found one that actually does fit! My shoulders are broad even without muscle and I sort of have a barrel chest, but the rest of my torso is small-ish (Basically the stereotypical athletic body type). Instead of going through all the tailored-fit shirts that stores had to offer, I just went through "normal" fit shirts and sized down to a small.
A miracle has dawned upon me today. Also I squatted 335. Not a PR but I haven't squatted heavy in a while, so that's another thing.
I used to have a big crush on her in high school, but that's since passed. Our personalities used to be very similar, and that's honestly what's kept us friends for all these years. She's been having some inside problems recently and she just doesn't want to talk about it with anyone--even me, the one person whom she knows she can talk to about anything.
The most, I think, I could've done to help her out was to just help her out with embracing the positives and using them to help deal with the negatives (I told her exactly that) but I don't think I was able to get my point across well enough. The most I can do now, I think, is just be positive myself and be positive around her. Like I said, we're really similar, but down the road it seems like I've been able to develop a really positive outlook on everything, while she's done the opposite, and by no means do I blame her.
I really do care about her. I fear that keeping her problems to herself will hurt her--she says she can't even talk to her boyfriend, her parents, or her sister about it, and she's very close to all of them. I just hope she doesn't travel down the worse road.
EDIT: I got caught up with that. On a more upbeat note, after literally never in my life having worn a button down shirt that fits me, I found one that actually does fit! My shoulders are broad even without muscle and I sort of have a barrel chest, but the rest of my torso is small-ish (Basically the stereotypical athletic body type). Instead of going through all the tailored-fit shirts that stores had to offer, I just went through "normal" fit shirts and sized down to a small.
A miracle has dawned upon me today. Also I squatted 335. Not a PR but I haven't squatted heavy in a while, so that's another thing.