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Priorities vs SW

People have lives outside of here and they are not always trying to ignore people.

If it comes between my family and here always choosing family.

I use to be closer to people when on EP, that's slipped here, I admit it.

When my mom died and I went through a year of hell back in 2018 it changed me and taught me to grasp at what is really important in life and though I like and respect many of you,it's not this place.
The people ,perhaps, but not this place.

The old friendships I forged in EP seem more accepting that we all have lives outside this place so, if I talk to them once a year(in Pirvate messages) we are still good with no assuming otherwise.
And those who demanded full attention all the time disappeared when they didn't get it. No real loss.

People have ignored me,my post,messages, possibly for pressing reasons, how would I know? or perhaps they didn't see it?
When I see these same people complaining about not getting an answer on thier posts or getting reply to messages right away it honestly make me wonder if they need coddling as much in real life as they do here?

My better side says we are all needy, in some ways, and to ignore the complaints and my gut says stick with those who have shown themselves to be okay with unexplained absences from time to time.

I do miss the closeness I felt with some on EP, but come to accept that was a different time in my life when I was exceptionally lonely.

Perhaps ,that's why some left for good they are no longer so lonely,hope so,always hope the reasons are happy ones.
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I could relate to the sentiment you shared here.

EP was there at a different time in my life. I was different and maybe the others were different too.

I can’t say the connections were deeper. Maybe it was like… that I was able to nurture those kinds of connections with a more EP members than I do here. And again, I was at a different time in my life with a totally diff availability to build those kinds of connections. I’m glad I’m still in touch with most of those friends.

With the special ones I’ve met on SW, I value the connections just as deeply. And they are not just usernames to me. They are as real as offline friends could get. I may not be as available as I was, but the ones who matter remain friends even when I couldn’t reply to a message right away, or I would disappear for periods of time here with no promise when I’d show up again.

We all have a life to live. Real friends know that we don’t lose that connection if we choose to nurture it in the best way we can.