tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post349840579835697758..comments2023-11-07T07:53:32.305+11:00Comments on The Passionate Crone (poetry): An EmailRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-2053869125239945032013-07-21T01:08:22.790+10:002013-07-21T01:08:22.790+10:00Friendship needs time, it should be nurtured and g...Friendship needs time, it should be nurtured and grown carefully ... loved the story !!!Amrit Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333443172096537424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-52251104146651282912013-07-20T15:12:26.621+10:002013-07-20T15:12:26.621+10:00Or maybe what it means to different people!Or maybe what it means to different people!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-11344064407296946332013-07-20T11:34:08.850+10:002013-07-20T11:34:08.850+10:00Yep..this one speaks about my event of the year..i...Yep..this one speaks about my event of the year..it makes one wonder about what friendship really means.Nirvana on firehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00212043955046505216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-71560555577859068182013-07-19T18:35:57.828+10:002013-07-19T18:35:57.828+10:00Loredana, I think that's it exactly! Thank you...Loredana, I think that's it exactly! Thank you.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-43541620722769679492013-07-19T10:03:25.898+10:002013-07-19T10:03:25.898+10:00I did get sucked in for a while, ever more entangl...I did get sucked in for a while, ever more entangled in explanations and reassurances which somehow got turned back on me so I wondered if it was my stuff too. But I think the fact that she has these problems with 'most women' is the clue.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-64830943232458381462013-07-19T09:40:40.129+10:002013-07-19T09:40:40.129+10:00Sigh. Oh Rosemary, all I can say is "It's...Sigh. Oh Rosemary, all I can say is "It's All Her Stuff". Can well imagine you reeling as the recipient of the barrage followed by the "love and hugs". Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-61605771746191220412013-07-19T07:59:40.578+10:002013-07-19T07:59:40.578+10:00Thanks for your understanding, Mary, and the excel...Thanks for your understanding, Mary, and the excellent reminder of The Little Prince. I'm tempted to buy her a copy! But no, I think this is one 'friendship I'd best let die.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-87388827057145742952013-07-19T07:49:24.616+10:002013-07-19T07:49:24.616+10:00'What in the world was I thinking?' Yes, t...'What in the world was I thinking?' Yes, this is very recent and I am still reeling. I guess there are some things we don't see coming, or we try to make allowances, tell ourselves we are imagining it and must be 'nicer', and then ... I hardly know whether to laugh or cry myself, but am settling for shrugging and moving on. Such experiences are unusual, though; it's probably good to remember that.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-23388503124052538552013-07-19T07:38:49.871+10:002013-07-19T07:38:49.871+10:00I hear you too, LaTonya! Your 'tangent' is...I hear you too, LaTonya! Your 'tangent' is good advice I am glad to take!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-37602102466720353102013-07-19T03:25:55.005+10:002013-07-19T03:25:55.005+10:00We tell people who we are. I believe that's ho...We tell people who we are. I believe that's how Maya Angelou put it. The problem is we don't listen. Very telling the speaker says, "I thought you wanted" Why assume or wonder? Ask. Have we forgotten how to ask, to engage each other? <br /><br />I learned the hard way that when people honestly want advice you can tell in their writing and their responses. When a reply is blatanly defensive, time to back up. I learned in my own well worth it, lengthy therapy to never share what I'm not ready to deal with. Trust me if I tell it, I've worked past my insecurity or arrogance or both. By the time it goes public, I'm good, baby. Really, I'm already okay with it.<br /><br />Okay, off on a tangent. I hear you. That's what I really want to say.LaTonya Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-87220522131346631792013-07-19T03:07:51.566+10:002013-07-19T03:07:51.566+10:00I think people have differenti ideas on how to ...I think people have differenti ideas on how to 'grow' a friendship. This other person obviously had a different way than yours and wanted depth (perhaps) before you were ready.....not willing to take the time. Sad, as if she HAD been willing to let time do its thing perhaps in the end she might have had the friendship with you that she wanted to achieve WAY TOO FAST. I always think about The Little Prince. There are certain 'rites' that one must follow in friendship. A trust has to be developed slowly.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-16774244608024846072013-07-19T02:56:28.037+10:002013-07-19T02:56:28.037+10:00Rosemary, don't know whether to laugh or cry. ...Rosemary, don't know whether to laugh or cry. I recently had a barrage of emails asking my advice... then radio silence. And yes, hugs and kisses and all that crap. What in the world was I thinking? That when people ask your advice, twenty times or so, they actually want it? Or that if they don't like the advice, the giver goes into the scrap heap? Wow, this really hit me. Clever, concise, and on the money. AmySharp Little Pencilhttp://sharplittlepencil.com/2013/07/18/dig-in/noreply@blogger.com