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Originally Posted by legion

My friend called today. Before I get into the details, I want to say that this is the kind of friend that if he showed up at my front door with a dead body, without a word I'd grab a shovel and follow him. I think that's why it burned me so much that we weren't resolving this and he was avoiding me. We've never had an issue we haven't worked through in a couple of days, and I couldn't believe after all the crap we've been through, this was going to be the thing to get between us.

Anyway, the first words out of his mouth were an admission that he'd been avoiding me and an apology for doing so, along with an apology for leaving me hanging with the tickets. I have a lot of respect for someone who can call and say that.

Next he explained why he had been avoiding me. He said that over the past week, he has been more pissed off than he has ever been in his life, and that it had nothing to do with me or the race. Given that his girlfriend's parents were in town, I have a strong suspicion as to why. He said that he wanted some time to work through that issue before talking with me, but he didn't want to talk about it yet because he was still working through it.

Finally he said that he was going to try to make the race, and we discussed some options for making that happen. He apologized again and said that his "personal issue" hit right in the middle of us booking the race/hotel, and he really just wanted to take a step back and deal with the personal issue first. I told him that I completely understand, but next time to tell me that is what is happening even if he doesn't want to explain the issue.

Anyway, I think I'm on good terms with my friend again. Like many of my threads, this was more about allowing me to ***** anonymously to strangers than a desire for advice.

I think you now owe us all a therapy fee - 2 days worth.

Sherwood