This isn’t about love, it’s about friendship and it’s boundaries. I rent a room from a good friend of mine for a steal of a price and I am very appreciative of her kindness and generosity in allowing me to do that. BUT! Sometimes she acts like we are freakin’ married!!! She is 67 years old, doesn’t have a boyfriend, is self-employed and works out of her home when she does work so when I get home from my 8 to 5 job, she is like one of the dogs, waiting to be entertained! And she complains about everybody and everything and it’s the same people everyday. As soon as I walked in the door this evening she wanted to know did I think to get a pound cake at the store (which I did not!) and then wanted to know how I service my lawn mower and complained that she asked a male friend of hers how much he would charge her to do it and then she got mad because he indicated he didn’t know how much but there would be a charge. I don’t know, it just got to me today fter a stressful day at work and I realized why so many men hate coming home to their wives. Nag nag nag complain complain.

Whew! There, got that off of my chest and maybe now I can resume my peace of mind and happy day I was having before I got home! No love to talk about except for friendship love. I have several male friends that I dearly love. One of which I have invited to my town this weekend for a big festival we are having and I really hope he comes. He and I have so much fun together but I broke his heart because it wasn’t more than friendship for me and I think he was falling in love. Plus, he knows (like the rest of the world) that I spend New year’s with Tommy and he wasn’t really happy about that knowing how much Tommy hurt me in the past and I still chose Tommy over him to be with. So… he may decide not to associate with me anymore in person and if he does, I certainly understand. I wouldn’t be able to be “just friends” with Tommy either.

Friendly Love. It truly is something to be treasured.

Love your friend,

Lucy