| i finally lost him. |
[Jun. 25th, 2006|06:05 pm] |
This is the email that he just sent me.
From: ************* To: ************* Subject: stuff Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:40:33 -0500 >well what the fuck >i dont know what the hell is on the go but you need to either tell >me everything or stop with the drunk shit >im saying this in an email because i can think it through and you >cant interuppt me >im tierd of defending you >its one thing for you to have a shitty night and hell me not having >a good one >but if you keep this up you wont have anyone left >people are scared to go out with you, that youll freak out and then >they have to worry about you >i dont know what to do about you anymore >you cant help the way you feel >and i dont feel the same way you do >but you have to either suck it up or start avoiding me completely >i just dont know what to say >im sorry this has upset you and made you mad or sad but i should >have done this long ago, i dont want you to lose your friends or me >as a friend but if you keep this freakin out, gettin stupid drunk, >or being sensitive around people you know upset or offend you. >i dont know what to say, i really dont >but you need to get your shit together or we cant hang out or be >friends >im sorry >im really really am > > >*******
This is the email that I wrotw him back:
From what you wrote in your email "you cant help the way you feel and i dont feel the same way you do" It sounds like you think that this is all about me feeling something for you. Yes, that's still there, but I have no delusions about anything ever becoming of it. I got over that a long time ago. It still hurts to see you or hear you with your girls, but I don't ever expect you to be anything more than a friend. That is a huge expectation in and of itself. I know that being my friend is a lot of work, and to most people its more work than its worth. If you have reached that point, I understand.
What I've realized over the past month or so is that I have been looking at this in completely the wrong way. I thought that you were still here, still putting up with me because you remember me from before. You remeber the person I am without disease, or illness or whatever you want to call it. I thought that you were still here because you could still see that under all the shit that happens, Im still in here. But the thing is... you dont. You think that this person is me. If I were you, looking at the person I have been, and I thought thats all that I am, I would have left a long time ago. I know what you think I am, and I dont blame you. You have every reason to walk away and never look back. I wont ever hold it against you. promise.
I know that drinking isnt good for me. It would really help if, as friends, we could do something other than go to bars. Ive asked you to go to movies, to try things that arent about drinking, but it seems that drinking is the only thing anyone ever wants to do, so its either go out and drink, or stay home alone. I did that last year. In so many ways it was better. The only person that got hurt, was me.
I know that additionally I owe you an explanation for last night. Last night was not about any of that. I know that doesnt mean anything to you, because it seems like there's always something. But I swear to god, this was different.
I asked you if you could be in the city this weekend. You said no (fair enough). I asked you if you remembered why I would be asking you. You said no. Thats what killed me. This is something bigger than me and my problems, my "freaking out" or what have you. This is about the scariest experience of my life and.... not wanting to be alone this year. I know you werent there (not in any way blaming or faulting you for that). I know that it didnt affect you like it does me. But... I guess.... I just thought that you would remember this one. Im not mad, I wasnt... I was just... shocked I guess.
I can't promise you that I am going to be able to "get my shit together", so I wont. I promised that I wouldnt lie to you, and I cant say with complete honesty that I will be able to be a happy, normal, healthy person right away. That's not to say that I dont want to, or that Im not going to try, but if the ultimatum is that I either get it together now or you walk, it looks like Im going to lose one of the best people that I've been blessed to have in my life. I wish i could just "suck it up", I wish I could be better for you, believe me, but i can't promise you that.
Just know that, despite my actions, you mean more to me as a friend than anyone else ever has. It kills me that you see me as a spiteful, manipulative, calculated person. I have never once set out to intentionally hurt you, even if thats the way it always seemed to end up. You may not believe that, and I can't blame you, but it is the truth.
I cant apologize for the things that have happened. I could tell you a thousand times how sorry i am for the way things have gone, for all the times I hurt you and people that you care about. I can't take them back. I wish I could. I dont blame you for being "done" with me, if you think the best thing for you is to walk away.... then I guess that's what you have to do.
I havent said any of this to try to upset or offend you either, you email did none of that. It hurts like hell, but its your truth and I'd rather have that than false promises.
you always said that you would never leave. You promised you would be the one person in my life that wouldn't turn your back on me. You'd say that you didnt know what you had to say to make me believe you.
What you didnt know, is that I did...
im sorry too
ema
I think I finally pushed him to the point where im just not worth it. |
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