January 6, 2009

• Time changes things

  When I was in junior high school, a really cute boy (Rick) sat next to me in one of my classes – I forget which.  He was kind of quiet and shy and it didn’t take me long to develop a crush on him.  My crush was crushed one day when I saw him make an awful face when someone mentioned my name to him.  From that day on, or at least, once I got over the hurt, I decided I just didn’t like him.

  In high school I had a crush on a really cute boy who played the piano (Curtis).  I loved watching him play but he just wasn’t interested in being anything more than friends with me, and then not even the kind of friend you hung out with.

  I didn’t really have much luck with boys when I was younger.

  I ran into Curtis online a few years ago and we became friends – I even went to visit his family.  I ran into Rick online recently and we have become friends.  We met up last weekend with some other friends from school.

  Time really does change things.  35 years ago I would have been so tongue-tied around these two there is no way we could have ever been friends.  But time has mellowed me, made me comfortable with who I am, and made me able to be friends with these two guys – this just wouldn’t have happened 35 years ago.

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