DEALING WITH OUTGROWING PEOPLE
A few weeks ago, I accepted an invitation to hang out with a childhood friend who came into town. This friend and I have known each other for more than 10 years and naturally, I looked forward to catching up on old times and also finding out what was going on in her life. Midway into our meeting, the conversation became tilted and somewhat forced. It became glaringly obvious that my friend and I no longer resonated with each other. We, or should I say, I have evolved quite a bit in the past years. Carrying on with the conversation became a huge struggle. This was because after we were done reminiscing about our 10 year old history; we had nothing to keep the conversational juices flowing. Whereas I was interested in finding out what my friend’s goals and aspirations for the future were, she was more interested in talking about who was married and who was still single. No matter how hard I tried to move the conversation away from ‘who was doing who’, she somehow managed