You live and you learn...

It's almost Friday. Thank Jesus for that. This weekend should be a really fun one. The Exit 148 community that I am involved with at church (Clearbranch Methodist) is taking a retreat weekend down to Orange Beach. I think that is in Alabama, not quite sure. I'm more of a Mountain Man, so I'm not up on all the beaches and stuff. Just Panama City and Jacksonville Beach, Florida because that is the only two that I have ever visited.

I've always heard the expression "Life is funny" and it really is. I've got this friend whom I am worried about. I am worried about this person because I feel like she is in the same situation that I was in about 2 years ago. I was dating a person, who at the beginning was great, and we had lots of fun together. Then, I graduated from college (UNA) and things got tough. I moved about an hour a half away and things became quite difficult. Sacrifices had to be made. Things like conversations over the phone and me driving to Florence to see this person. These are all things that I wanted to do. I felt like the sacrifice was worth it.

However, as months went by the relationship became really unstable. More fights, more problems, less compromise, and less trust for one another. Friends and family began telling us both that we should get out of the relationship and just be friends. But did we listen, nope. We're adults now and we can handle our own problems. The truth is that we should have listened to our friends and family and saved ourselves a lot of hurt.

My friend, in my opinion, is in this similar situation. In this particular relationship, she drives to where he is at. My group of friends never see this girl anymore, because she is doing all the work. Me, attempting to be a gentleman, disagree with this totally. The guy should be coming to Birmingham to see her. This girl that I am talking of used to hang out with my group of friends all the time and now we rarely see her. There is always some reason why she can't go or simply because she is driving to see this guy. It is frustrating for us all. Now I see what my friends were going through when I was the one in this story.

The dilemma for me is; how do I tell my friend without getting her mad at me or invoking that "I know what's best for me" attitude that I had when my friends would try to talk sense into me. I carry the opinion that I don't really care if she ditches me or not, but some of my friends are really upset about it. I guess I just don't want to see this person go through the same stuff that I went through. Really, it is almost the exact situation that I was in. Anyway, that is that. I just felt like I needed to get that off my chest.

I'm battling a cold at the moment, so I think I am going to get some sleep and try to get better. One Love...