You give. You get. That’s the way relationships are supposed to work.
It makes sense. Because we live in a land of limited resources, if you always give away, you will eventually run out of things to give. You can’t keep going unless there’s someone to give to you too.
It’s always a nice feeling when people want to give you a lot. They value you. Trust you. Those are hard things to earn.
But what happens when you don’t return the feeling? What happens if you can’t?
I’ve always found it weird when friendships run mostly in one-way streets, let alone relationships of the more serious kind. You always give, give, share your life, try to care. And the other person just seems to sit there and absorb it. You hope they’d be equally as open and trusting, but they’re not.
It’s not that they’re a bad person, they just don’t inherently feel close to, or feel the need to be close to you. Maybe they have other good friends. Maybe they’re not as enamored with you as you are with them. Maybe they just don’t feel the same bond or link.
You value them so much as a friend, but to them you’re just another friend in a long list.
And it’s always weird, when I realize that I’m the one who’s not doing his fair share.
