Day 276 - I have enough friends

Everybody has this story to tell either about themselves or someone else.  But I had two friends, one male one female, and the male developed a crush on the female, like a big crush and wanted me to play match maker.  I thought this would be a no brainer as the girl was a social misfit and the guy was BMOC.  So I agreed.  To make a long story short they went out a couple of times, then the girl told me she just wanted to be friends with him and would I tell him?  Why she couldn't tell him herself I never questioned.  I of course agreed and went and told him.  I know everyone can guess his response.  Yes it was I have enough friends I don't need anymore.

I was shocked of course because that is the first time I had ever heard that before and I took it quite literally.  How can you turn down friendship.  I personally never have enough friends, and if anyone made a gesture of friendship to me male or female I would grab at it.  So, well, I told her what he said and she shrugged and said his loss.

So over the years I have found out this is quite common among people who get their heart broken, but it still jolts me when I hear it.  So in group we were talking about the first group and the second group and one of our group members said that they just didn't have any energy to get to know the other group.  It took me back to the first time I heard "I have enough friends" and I thought how sad.

It is true that we are not meshing, but I am not feeling like I am wasting energy by being there or trying to mesh with them, I mean we do have six more months with them after all.  Further there are some in our group that I am not really fond of either.  But truthfully if those that I don't like in my group tried to be friends I know I wouldn't turn them away - because I don't have enough friends - ever.