▲ 729 ▼ me_irl (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by zedgeist@lemmy.world to c/me_irl@lemmy.world 167 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (2 children) maybe you should ask permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 child) The real problem is that when they do ask, the answer invariably leads to the person leaving for good. Yeah, I get it. I'm not fucking perfect, and I can't even protect myself most of the time. Doesn't mean that I should lose everyone that supposedly cares about me because I cracked for a few minutes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) When I have asked I get the, "Yeah dude, totally, I'll be there for you, you just say the word, you say the time." So I say the word and I say the time and they're like, "Oh man, that's real bad. I've got this thing, and there's like this thing that's going on, and like, it's just not a good time for me." So I say, "Okay, so how about this time instead?" And it's like, "Oh man, oh no, I feel like such an ass, but that time doesn't work for me either!" Then I go into problem-solving mode, "Well okay, so why don't you pick a time, and I'll work around your schedule? " And they're like, "I don't know man, I'm just being here for you. You tell me when." And so I pick a third time and they're like, "Ah geez, ah, oh no, oh man." And you can tell me that I've got bad friends, and you can tell me that I have done a poor job in accumulating friendships and people who are there for me and who love me, and you can blame me for the fact that I cannot get help all you want to. That's not going to keep the bullet out of my fucking head. "Ah geez, ah, oh no, oh man" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 child) The real problem is that when they do ask, the answer invariably leads to the person leaving for good. Yeah, I get it. I'm not fucking perfect, and I can't even protect myself most of the time. Doesn't mean that I should lose everyone that supposedly cares about me because I cracked for a few minutes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) When I have asked I get the, "Yeah dude, totally, I'll be there for you, you just say the word, you say the time." So I say the word and I say the time and they're like, "Oh man, that's real bad. I've got this thing, and there's like this thing that's going on, and like, it's just not a good time for me." So I say, "Okay, so how about this time instead?" And it's like, "Oh man, oh no, I feel like such an ass, but that time doesn't work for me either!" Then I go into problem-solving mode, "Well okay, so why don't you pick a time, and I'll work around your schedule? " And they're like, "I don't know man, I'm just being here for you. You tell me when." And so I pick a third time and they're like, "Ah geez, ah, oh no, oh man." And you can tell me that I've got bad friends, and you can tell me that I have done a poor job in accumulating friendships and people who are there for me and who love me, and you can blame me for the fact that I cannot get help all you want to. That's not going to keep the bullet out of my fucking head. "Ah geez, ah, oh no, oh man" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) When I have asked I get the, "Yeah dude, totally, I'll be there for you, you just say the word, you say the time." So I say the word and I say the time and they're like, "Oh man, that's real bad. I've got this thing, and there's like this thing that's going on, and like, it's just not a good time for me." So I say, "Okay, so how about this time instead?" And it's like, "Oh man, oh no, I feel like such an ass, but that time doesn't work for me either!" Then I go into problem-solving mode, "Well okay, so why don't you pick a time, and I'll work around your schedule? " And they're like, "I don't know man, I'm just being here for you. You tell me when." And so I pick a third time and they're like, "Ah geez, ah, oh no, oh man." And you can tell me that I've got bad friends, and you can tell me that I have done a poor job in accumulating friendships and people who are there for me and who love me, and you can blame me for the fact that I cannot get help all you want to. That's not going to keep the bullet out of my fucking head. "Ah geez, ah, oh no, oh man" permalink fedilink source parent