When Your Best Friend Hits You With A Flippant Apology
It’s the death knell to a relationship that was already on life support
Imagine — after pouring your heart out to your dearest friend, she texts you this:
I’m so happy we got to chat. I’m terrible with dates. Please send me birthday and anniversary dates. You always remember.
Sorry I haven’t done the same.
Mind you, I’ve known this woman for 25 years.
She helped create my wedding invitations and was one of the first people to visit me following the births of my children. (I was still wearing a postpartum pad, for crying out loud). And this is also the same woman who never ceases to chastise me in a good-natured way when my children continue to address her as “Ms. Marcy” — as I’ve instructed them to do — as opposed to “Aunt Macy” — which is what she wants them to call her.
If I’m honest, bestowing Marcy with a title generally reserved for a blood relative never felt quite right, despite our history. Yes, it’s true that she and I go way back. But it’s also true that our relationship has been peppered with the brand of incidents one doesn’t easily forget.
