And none of our fairytales fare well under these changing skies

[hazliya]

A lot of my relationships with people are changing, where "relationships" cover everything from friendships to family to romantic love.

elenuial is shifting back into academia mode. Our relationship needs to accomodate this.
I'm getting closer to new people.
I'm learning things about people I thought I already knew well.
The dynamics in existing relationships are changing.

Those are just a few examples, and the change cam be slight to severe. It's strange, but not wholly unexpected. It puts me in a weird place, socially and emotionally and god knows how else. However, as I put it in witticaster's journal: what I do realize (after a very sad and emotionally draining set of revelations some time ago) is that stagnant relationships (whether friendship or romantic) die, and changing relationships survive. Yes, they change, but the changes are met and dealt with.

It's been happening to me in spades lately. Not good or bad, but just different.

I'm adjusting. Bear with me.

Comments

[londo.livejournal.com]

...huh. Some of my favorite friendships are the ones that have barely changed in ten years.

[hazliya.livejournal.com]

I envy that. I can't think of a single friendship of mine that could be maintained that way.

[londo.livejournal.com]

I may possibly be a more static person than you are.

[hazliya.livejournal.com]

Eh, maybe. Maybe not. I could just be hypersensitive to it, since I tend to overcompensate for lack of social abilities by translating them into something I can understand.

[truthspeaker.livejournal.com]

Change can be rough, especially when several things change all at once. I'm glad you're adjusting.

I think I agree with you that change can keep relationships alive. At the very least, failure to adapt to a changing world causes them to die.

[hntrpyanfar.livejournal.com]

*HUGS* Miss you!

[chainer36.livejournal.com]

Second'd.