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I need a bit of explanation.

I hate dredging up things from years passed. But this is beginning to annoy me, and you'll understand why by the end. It may be a bit out of order, and I may ramble. But I remember it very clearly.

So, in grade seven, I was an awful person. I did the whole SI thing. Well, there was this kid that transferred into our class and he was pretty cool. I knew his name(Christopher, jsyk) because we were in band together, but I didn't know him. So, in math he sat beside me. One day he dropped his pencil, I handed it back, and he said thank you... in German. I answered him in English. He was surprised I understood him. Anyway, he's a military kid, because I go to a military school, as in most of the kids are military, not as in officers for teachers.

So, we were really close during grade seven. I mean like, I was such a bitch, and he was the only person I trusted and who could make me laugh. He was just really important to me. He sat with me and my best friend, Angele, at lunch. At the time I wasn't allowed to wear make up, but I would put it on at lunch. Please don't ask me why. Anyway, he would always make it difficult. Steal my mirror, hit my arm, that kinda thing. We'd walk in line, and he'd lean on me. There was this time where he kept leaning back on me at lunch. We were very touchy but in a platonic way.

Well, then grade eight rolls around. That's the final grade before high school, and yet again I had a male teacher and I was freaking out and scared. I walked in that morning, and Chris was there. I felt better, immediately. Then I found out we had art together. That made it better. We'd walk to classes together, and he was one of the only guys I trusted. We passed notes in class. We were still close, to the point everyone assumed we were dating. I was really hyped up on energy drink, and bouncing up and down in my seat. He was playing with my hair. It wasn't an unfair assumption. He protected me. I'll never admit I needed it though. In art class we sat together (we didn't have assigned seats) and there was this guy who kept making fun of my scars. Chris bitched him out for it every time. We'd flick paint at each other, and once he almost spray painted my favorite jeans. We're both losers, but it's okay.

Near the end of the semester, I find out he's moving to Michigan. That's nine hours from us. I cried for six months, because I didn't know if I'd ever see him again, and he didn't let me say goodbye. The last day he was there was the day we got out for Christmas break. I spent most of the day trying not to cry, because I didn't want him to know that it was hurting me. We weren't as close as we once were, but when he got ready to leave he actually hugged me, which was unusual. I got outside at the end of the day, and I cried. I mean, I bawled. I didn't know how I was going to function without him. He was my best friend.

While he was gone, we went through periods where we wouldn't talk to each other. But he told me when he moved back. He went to school with my sister(We're really close friends) , Lucianna. Then he transferred to my school. I wasn't gonna talk to him, but he talked to me. Since then he'll randomly get really pissy.

I refused to talk to him for about two weeks and then he decided to sit with us at lunch. That's where I am now. We're getting away from the awkward stuff, but it's still odd.

Someone want to advise me on this? I really have no idea what to do. I miss us being close, even though I did like him, I don't now. I mean, I love him, but I don't particularly want to date him.

Sorry that was like, spasmodically long.

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Wow.

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-giant hug- emily, obv you've told me about christopher robin before, but reading this made it all so much clearer. but i think you should try to salvage the friendship. it obviously meant a lot to both of you, and it'd be a shame to see it just dissipate. you guys may not be that close again, but you might be even closer. :\ i'm just sorry this happened to you.

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NimrodOnElmStreet":z9ikydi4 wrote:
Wow.

Wow what? Just wondering.

And Andie, ily. -giant hug- I'm hoping we can at least manage that much.

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Wow that's really something. I say do what feels right to you, whether that's trying to save the friendship or just letting it go. What do you feel is the right choice for YOU?

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I don't really think I could handle losing him again after everything we've been through together.
He's still important to me.

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I mean think about this....was 9 hours apart really all that bad? There's such things as internet and phone contacts. IDk sorta the same thing is happening to me too. I went from seeing friends of mine everyday or a few times a week, to not ever getting a call from them.
Like, it's a case of you grow up and grow apart type of thing. It's just what happens.

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Yea, it really was. I seriously cried every night. I mean, I've been close with my friends, but never like that. It's like a horrible tearing pain without him. I know you grow up and grow apart. But, nothing has really changed except him moving and then coming back and HE was the one who talked to ME. Not the other way around.

He still get's really defensive. My friend, Josh was poking me and joking about me having issues. Chris flipped out on him. But I really don't know what to think.

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no offense, but how wouldn't 9 hours apart be hard? when you have a friend that you love being with, im's and emails don't cut it. :\

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I had a boyfriend that moved away from me and it was a long drive for him just to come see me for a few hours. I've had friends move away from me all the time. It's just something I've become use to.

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That's the thing. We weren't dating. We were closer than that. No secrets. No lies.
Dating would screw it up. He's here now, he's not still 9 hours away. We go to the same school. We still talk. It's just weighing on me.

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yes, indeed dating would fuck it up. so just try patching things up. and if that doesn't work, hit him. not really ;D

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I'm sure things will work out, just give it time.

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He elbowed me in the fucking boob today. Gosh. Okay. Not really, it was my second rib, but close enough.

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Ok... Well since you posted on this section and not my particular advice section I will be nice... lol assuming that you rather hear a more sugar coated version of the advice I have to give, let me start by saying its really hard to judge the situation when you were so descriptive starting off then you kinda blurred what is going on now.... that said...

I have always believed that a well founded friendship is much more important that a relationship any day of the week... But if the guy is making it a point to be different around you, he may not know how to act anymore...

Without getting into the birds and the bees... Guys are weird sometimes.. they think that acting one way will impress women when it really does not...

Let me ask you this... how long has it been since he's been back in town?

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Nimrod God":3gaw2wz1 wrote:
Ok... Well since you posted on this section and not my particular advice section I will be nice... lol assuming that you rather hear a more sugar coated version of the advice I have to give, let me start by saying its really hard to judge the situation when you were so descriptive starting off then you kinda blurred what is going on now.... that said...

I have always believed that a well founded friendship is much more important that a relationship any day of the week... But if the guy is making it a point to be different around you, he may not know how to act anymore...

Without getting into the birds and the bees... Guys are weird sometimes.. they think that acting one way will impress women when it really does not...

Let me ask you this... how long has it been since he's been back in town?

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Since late August. Why?

And it's blurred now because I don't understand it as well. Before I knew what to expect and exactly what was happening. Now, it's like... a guess. I never know how he's gonna act.

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Men are unpredictable, well so are women. We're both fucked up on so many levels.

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Since late August. Why?

And it's blurred now because I don't understand it as well. Before I knew what to expect and exactly what was happening. Now, it's like... a guess. I never know how he's gonna act.

I was wondering how long it had been since he came back into town.

Let me ask you this, do you think you may have had an image in your head of how he was that is not realistic? People often think about something or someone so much, they embellish the truth to make it into a happy memory.

Can you explain in more detail exactly what he is doing now?

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It seems to me you never actually spoke about what you were to each other, you may have meant a lot more to him than he let on. I think you should just get him alone, outside of school and just hang out. Find out how things went where he moved too, what his life is like now. He probably just doesn't want to get so close to you again incase he has to move again. Nobody likes being torn away from something that means so much to them, having them back and rebuilding what they had only to be torn away again.

And with him living nine hours away, my best friend lives - wait for it - nine hours away! In a completely different state! You make it work for you, her and i talk on msn, we write letters, we send each text messages and ring each other. You make it work for you. Sometimes that stuff doesn't help the relationship so you either let it go and deal with it, or actually do something about seeing each other, maybe once a month go down there. but that isn't the problem now so yeah. i say just talk to him find out what's going on.

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Stef":2mvbo68h wrote:
It seems ...
i say just talk to him find out what's going on.

Funny, Stef read my mind before I made up my mind.... That was exactly what I was going to say but I was not sure yet...

I agree with the 9 hours thing... Its not that big of a deal, people used to have sch a thing called pen pals before Al Gore invented the internet. Truth of the matter is that time is an illusion, and the distance it takes to travel is irrelevant thanks to technology.

Regardless, I agree that you both need to talk and see what happened if anything has happened. Have a heart to heart conversation and see where it leads.

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Nimrod God":1nbubf4p wrote:

I agree with the 9 hours thing... Its not that big of a deal, people used to have sch a thing called pen pals before Al Gore invented the internet..

I INVENTED THE INTERNET

yeah but I agree with God and Stef.

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Thanks guys.
I was thinking the same thing, but I really don't know where to begin.

He makes me kinda nervous now.

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Try watching a movie together...

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Bahahahaaaa!
rotflmao.

Sorry, I know with any normal friends that wouldn't be so out of the question.
But with him, I somehow think it would be.

I dunno, he might agree to it, but spending any length of time with my grandma and my mom. It's not likely. Because he knows my mother is way too involved in my life. And yea.

I might be able to invite him over with a couple of my other friends one weekend though. (I'm kinda thinking as I write.) That might work. Then if I were to invite him over later it wouldn't be so out of the blue.

That probably only made sense to me. (y)

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I was thinking something along the lines of Watchmen... you know.. an actual go to the movies movie... you wont be able to talk to him in front of your family... this is something you both need to talk out without any awkward moments.

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Nimrod God":1l18d6k4 wrote:
I was thinking something along the lines of Watchmen... you know.. an actual go to the movies movie... you wont be able to talk to him in front of your family... this is something you both need to talk out without any awkward moments.

Actually, we'd be at my grandma's and she pretty much leaves me alone. I mean, I see what you're saying. My mum would be a nightmare, actually, she is anyway about this. But, my grandma a) can't hear, and b) isn't going to bother me.

But I was talking about like, inviting some friends over, so that if I ask him to do something later it's not like a random request. Ya know? Like right now it would seem more like a date type thing. Not a friends trying to work something out type thing.

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i think your best bet is getting away from a place that may have any sort of history at all.
if you're worried he'll reject the offer if it isn't a group thing, invite your friends out too and pull him away from the group.

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Well, I think things are starting to look up, tbh.

He was really weird toward me for like, the last two weeks. Then last week he started sitting with us at lunch. And today we were goofing off and acting pretty normal. *knock on wood* Hopefully things will remain non-awkward and everything will work out.

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well good... but you should revisit the issue and clear it up if you get a chance...

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yeah, if you don't at least talk about it, it'll probably come up again.
even briefly, hell, just say you missed him while he was gone or something.