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> If there were friends, he'd not need to be reminded of contacting them. No, things just slip your mind, especially if there are a lot of other things going o
by MattGaiser 5y ago
> If there were friends, he'd not need to be reminded of contacting them.
No, things just slip your mind, especially if there are a lot of other things going on in life.
People forget to take medications that when not taken lead to psychotic breaks. It isn't because they don't care about being sane.
People forget their kids in cars. They didn't casually want them dead of overheating.
I have friends that when time allows, we speak to each other for hours every day. When time allows. Plenty of times one or the other has forgotten that the other existed for a few weeks.
Things get forgotten.
- gjulianm 5y agoI don't think the comparison is apt. I think this is something that's being glossed over completely: friendships are two-way, and also flexible. It's not a medication that needs to be taken on a schedule, and it's not a kid that completely depends on you to do things. I don't think a relationship that's only alive because of scheduled contacts can be called a friendship.