Long term friendship challenges

When a friendship becomes a one way street I back off and wait for them to contact me. I donā€™t keep score but once I notice that I am doing all the work I stop. I still have friends from childhood despite moving away and am always making new friends.

In some of my friend circles I am the only one planning things which people appreciate but it gets old and eventually I stop. Some friendships last forever and some are only for a season. I have learned to let go when they arenā€™t working for me.
 

Gaer said:
Don't want to take up another's thread. I think they want me to be like them, and I'm completely different.
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I was thinking that maybe they were a little intimidated by your talent and they felt they didn't "measure up" or possibly, since they don't share your talent, they felt like you wouldn't have any lasting interest in them. For example, if I met someone who was say, an opera singer, I'd probably back off a little because I have zero knowledge of opera. But I'd miss getting to know someone who probably has lots of other interests that we would enjoy together.

Sorry if I'm taking this a little off topic, but it seemed like this needed to be explored a little more.
 
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