True Friends, Part Deux

An incident occurred a couple weeks ago that follows on my previous blog entry about true friends. A young woman who I considered one of my closest friends was out acting like a Junior High girl gossiping about me and spreading lies about me and my brother. Being in my 30's and not into drama I simply stopped having any form of real contact with this person and who knows if I will ever receive an apology.

It drove home to me just how fake people can be. This girl would always tell me she loved me and that we might be together as more than friends one day and how she thought I was just such an awesome guy. Now when I see her she will barely look at me and seems afraid to even speak. I never confronted her about what she did so I'm guessing she realizes she was caught.

I believe that everyone wants to be a good person deep down. I wonder how two-faced manipulators, liars, gossipers, and cheaters are able to look at themselves in the mirror at night. Do they realize what they do is wrong? Do they ever want to apologize or make amends for their actions? Or do they try to endlessly justify those actions by coming up with some kind of excuse? It is so hard for me to empathize because I simply don't have any desire to be like that.

Losing a good friend to betrayal is harder than losing a lover in many ways, and who knows what the future will bring? Maybe she will have a change of heart and learn from this experience. I wish her no ill will nor anyone else. Another chapter in life has closed.