March 22nd, 2007, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kryos
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Originally Posted by Thoth
Same here  They say...
"Yea yeah, oh sure I'll E-Mail you as soon as I get home."
OR " give me your address so I can write to you".
never hear from them again.  !!
I write to them, and they never write back so I get to thinking that maybe they were only pretending to like me. So why pretend? I respect genuineness and sincerity in people. |
I honestly don't think it's a lack of sincerity. I think those people honestly do plan to keep in touch ... their intentions are good. But, alas ... a lot of us lead very busy lives and I think it's very easy to say ... "oh, yes ... definitely we'll keep in touch" ... and then they get home and back into their crazy lives. All good intentions go flying out the window.
But that's not always the case. Like I've said before, I've met people on cruises that I've become pretty close to ... at least as close as distance will allow. One individual I met back in 2004 I took a subsequent cruise with ... sharing a cabin. The arrangement worked out so great that we're doing the Hawaii/South Pacific cruise next January in another shared cabin. Another couple I met on the Hawaii/South Pacific cruise in 2006 have become dear friends. We communicate almost daily via email and every couple of weeks by phone. I'll get to spend 30 more days with them on the 2008 Hawaii/South Pacific cruise.
Yet, like you, there were some people who I hit it off really great with on a cruise, only to lose touch with them after getting home. Like I said, I can only assume their lives are very busy and they just don't have the time to maintain "casual" friendships with former cruise buddies. And that's okay. I enjoyed their companionship onboard and can be grateful for that.
Blue skies ...
--rita |
You are probably correct, good intentions without follow up.
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