Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Finding Long Lost Friends

I used to have this friend. My sisters always said she was a "toxic friend", but I just saw someone who needed a friend. Looking back, I can see that my sisters were right.

This girl was manipulative and a compulsive liar. I remember the first time I caught her in a lie. She was telling me about something that happened to her with a past boyfriend. I had heard the story before, so I was only half listening. Now, I know people have a tendency to change little details when they retell stories, but she was changing big details. She took a story that was originally about her daughter, and made it about herself. I was shocked. I was also suspicious that maybe she had made the whole thing up, and it never happened to either one of them.

From that point on, I started paying attention more to the things she said. I found myself doubting everything that came out of her mouth, and the final straw was when she was telling Junior about something that happened, and she added so many false details that it was ridiculous. I know this, because the story she was telling involved me. I was with her at the time. I was floored that she didn't bat an eyelash while lying her butt off, even though she had to know that I knew she was lying. It was right after that incident that I stopped answering the phone when she called, and eventually she got the hint.

A few weeks ago, Junior and I were going somewhere, and we drove by where her trailer used to be. I say used to be because it was gone. This got me wondering what happened to her. As soon as we got home, I jumped online and searched for her using MyLife. This site is great for finding people. I just entered her name, age, and the state I wanted to search, and four names came up. I am pretty sure the first name on the list is her, and it says she is still living in South Carolina. I need to become a member of the site to see the rest of her information; I just don't have the money right now to do that.

I guess in a way that is a good thing, though. I don't really need to get back into contact with her. It was hard enough being friends with her the first time around.
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