Faker Faker

They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer. So where does fake people come in? You know the type of people I'm talking about, don't you? People that act like they are your friends until they don't have anymore use for you.

It's been a little over two months since I've moved down to Austin. Just being away from WV has been an eye opening experience. I have people texting me, checking up on me, that I would never have expected. I did consider them friends, just not as close as some others.

Then we have the "some others". Friends that I considered close, I spoke with two or three times a week, if not daily. Now I can see that most of these were just friends that were all about being friends as long as I could do something for them, help them out, etc. I hear nothing from them now. I have reached out to them. Asking how their kids were doing, how they were doing, etc. Usually there is NO response, and if there is it's usually very short.

So, I can take a hint. I'm not bitter or angry at all. It's a valuable thing to know who your true friends are! I will be back in Parkersburg one day, and all of those "fake" friends will wonder why JR doesn't answer their calls or texts anymore. That will be because JR doesn't answer calls from unknown numbers! ;-)

And please, if you have read this far and think I'm talking about you, don't text or call me just to try to explain. You know whether or not you have spoken with me over the last 2 months. I didn't write this to get any of your excuses as to why you haven't been in contact. This is my blog and I wanted to get this off of my chest.