Friends and friendships in a freeze:
If you did not have any meeting, letter-exchange, SMS or phone conversation in the last 365 days (one full year) with your friend, it means you are not considering any need to do so.
I consider such relations 'frozen' and reopening them may not be that simple for such a taken-for-granted relation.
Whom to praise? My medical college hostel-partner for six years (1969-1975) and co-student of M.B.B.S. study, Dr. Chhotubhai S Patel passed away at the age of 62.
In spite of vehicle, telephone, mobile and other modes of connectivity, I visited his home only twice in the last 35 years and the third visit was after his demise. This is the real life story of two friends staying barely 30 km away. My friend was straight forward, kind and had all the characters of a good friend. My son Rahul and my daughter Vaishali can tell me just the opposite story of their connectivity with their friends and frequency of meeting their friends.
Then who is to be praised? The older or the modern generation..??
"Reply"!
Every letter, SMS or email addressed to you should be replied to as a mark of good courtesy and respect for the sender.
What is your view?
When you start receiving the following...
- No new messages or emails
- No mobile calls to disturb you round the day
- Phones and letters are left only for death news
...don't bother much about them. Start understanding the limit of relationships and be on-guard, instead of disturbing concerned the persons.
