This blog post isn’t about the dynamics of the female : female vs male : female relationship. It’s about a friendship that was once broken, and to my surprise, now repaired.
Some of you that are familiar with me on YouTube know that my friend Aleke and I decided to see Celine Dion in concert as a gift to ourselves and we had a blast. Looking back at some of the footage, it’s surreal to know that we spent 8 years without speaking.
The following link is the original email thread, back when Aleke decided to reach out to me. It gets a little heated and emotional at times, but it's real and it's life.
Just so you know, Aleke has reviewed the email chain and is 100% o.k with me posting it. I have blocked out some personal parts like her last name, email addresses, and other names we refer to but that’s it. I decided to post this up, because when you read how angry and hurt we were, I thought it would be encouraging for other women to see, that yes… our sisterhood friendships can be repaired.
Thanks for sharing! You both were so honest and open with each other about some very difficult feelings. I am very happy to see that it has allowed you to become friends once again.
ReplyDeleteThank you. To be honest I'm surprised at how it turned out myself. You live & learn :-)
ReplyDeleteI remember when you mentioned it on OhChat. Life is too short for grudges. So glad you both worked it out. Female friendships, true friendships, are priceless.
ReplyDeleteSo true. And I think we both learned a lot from the experience as well.
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ReplyDeletereminds me of my ex and i. we should never have gotten involved but we did. I am gay by the way abd so is she. we should have been best friends. It took about 7 or 8 years for us to become friends again. almost every day i thought about her and wondered if she was ok. i missed the good times, the laughter, the jokes that only we woudl get, the road trips with stevie wonder blasting in butchie (that was the name of our car) anyway, we finally made up and now she is the sister i never had. sometime i wish she would disappear when he gets on my nerves, but when we have a good laugh it's the very best feeling in the world :)
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OMG, girl I miss ya azz! I look forward to your comments, which I see I have a lot of replying to do, LOL. I'm so happy that you and your ex were able to get your friendship back. That's the most important thing and I know exactly what you are talking about with the laughter. *virtual hug*
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