Norm has been kind of quiet lately over gchat, and I felt a bit sad that he was like that. I told him that my hijacker was gone, and all he said was, Nice.
In fact I’ve been feeling sad that I get no love from anyone. I have few friends, and they aren’t close friends. I like them, but I don’t love hanging out with them. I wish I had good friends that I can hang out weekly.
So I was surprised that Norm asked yesterday if I wanted to have ice cream with him and Sylvia.
I would prefer to hang out with just Norm, but I guess it’s good to give Sylvia another chance.
And indeed, she was better, more fun this time.
Norm still had to try hard to get the conversation going, but it was much better this time.
I guess when people behave a certain way that seems bad, it doesn’t necessarily mean they have bad intention. It’s something I need to keep in mind, because I notice that Mom tends to assume bad intention.
For example, she assumed that Roy doesn’t want us to tag along on the cruise. She manufactures that thought out of nowhere, even though Roy immediately sent us all the info needed in order to book the trip.
I’ll write more in another post about the cruise we are going on! 🙂
Anyway, what I want to conclude is that, when someone behaves in a way that seems distant or in anyway not meeting your expectations, it’s possible that there are other reasons, and it’s possible that are thinking of ways to change that.