Fair weather friends...

Here is one thing that royally pisses me off... fair weather friends.  You know who they are.  The "friends" who only call you when they need something from you, or want to go where you're going, or are desperate to accumulate as many people in their circle as possible.  I, myself, am not a fair weather friend.  I am there through thick and thin.  When you're doing fun stuff, AND boring stuff.  I'm the friend who will always call or text to try to make plans.  I'm the friend who will always want to reconnect.  I keep in touch as best as I can and am always down for just getting together for  coffee or mojo.  I am not, however, a high maintenance friend.  You know who they are if you have them.  They get mad if you don't call them every month or if you don't regularly check in with them.  They all of a sudden have beef with you if out of the blue you call or text or myspace or facebook them after some time has passed.  You're the bad friend for not keeping in touch.  Why can't people just find the happy medium?  I don't understand it.  This is how I think it should be:  If I call you, then I think out of respect, you should CALL me back.  Don't text or email.  Now on the other hand, if I text you, then calling or texting is a perfectly acceptable form of a response. (by the way, I think this is ridiculous that I have to define this shit, but some people are a-holes who apparently are lost on this concept.)  Now if I call, I believe that its customary to call back that same day.  Unless its not possible, then a "Sorry, I'm super swamped. Call you when I can" text is acceptable.  Be prompt when returning text messages.  The only reason I'm doing this is because I've had my share of shitty friends and I'm sure that I've been one a time or two.  I feel as though I have found a balance.  Other people need to take note.  If we haven't talked in a while, and I call you, please enjoy our catching up and don't use it as an excuse to make me feel bad for not being in touch.  You have a phone too smarty, you know how to use it.  I seriously have "friends" who haven't even made one effort to make plans with me so they can see my daughter.  Ya, these people call themselves friends.  That's really shitty.  So, thats my opinion on friends.  To all my "real" friends:  Thank you , I love you and you kick ass!   To everyone else, (they know who they are) lose my number!  Thanks peeps, good night! :)

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