Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Hurt's a funny thing. Like laughter, it's contagious.

It isn't so funny when a friend's hurt and down in the dumps. The thing is, I haven't the slightest clue what to do to help. Plenty of reasons why. Not really talking for two years is one. Another, more wild, reason could be the fact that there's this whole "I'm-too-masculine-for-this-girly-emo-thing" syndrome.

As much as many guys like to think otherwise, we're all still stuck in a time bubble when it comes to communicating feelings and emotions. There are VERY few men out there who are totally comfortable with opening up, so much so that its probably safe to say that most guys are as much a chauvinistic brooding ape-man as their cavemen ancestors were.

This syndrome doesn't help when it comes to helping friends cope with emotional pain. Quite frankly, all I can really do is brood about it as well. Which doesn't help me, or the friend in question. Which begs the question, what's a guy to do in such a situation?

i heard the crickets at 11:12 pm

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