Categories: just-life
Date: 03 October 2005 15:58:25
I was chatting away to my friend (well, one of them....) and for some unknown reason we were talking about forgiveness (possibly due to something on tv) and she said that it was easier to forgive someone you didn't really know than it was to forgive someone close to you..... and I can see her point. People whom you don't know, you have no preconceptions about them, and you're not likely to see them again anyway.
Meanwhile friends are people that you know and trust, and in theory shouldn't do stuff that would need forgiving, hence it's that much harder to forgive. I can most certainly see her point.
Then the thought crossed my mind....... it's not the same with me. My friends get almost blanket absolutions...... but everyone's different, right??? I mean, on Saturday I had a friend call me while I was at work. Which isn't unusual...... however, she was about to be stranded at the train station due to a mixup with the train times. In Cardiff..... She was asking if it was possible for me to drive down and pick her up (if she couldn't get hold of her brother who lives in Cardiff). I didn't even have to think about it... course I'd be able to pick her up if she needed..... in the end she was able to get hold of her brother, but the thought of saying no didn't even cross my mind.........
However, when asked last night if I wanted to partake in a game of Truth or Dare I said no straight away..... I'm not foolish (that and I was reading Terry Prachett's new book Thud!). That and I knew what the very first question they would ask me.... they asked me anyway..... I only got one word wrong..... I thought they would ask, "Do you fancy ********??" when in fact they asked, "Do you want ********??"
Not that they are predictable or anything....... I was very nearly tempted to give the answer "Doesn't everyone??" but I've gotten into trouble with answers like that before (which is another story) and though there was some good stuff out of it, there was also bad stuff....... and in all fairness, the good stuff would have probably happened anyway...... so really, there was just bad stuff......