Overly Sentimental?

Is that a self-incriminating question? By the mere fact that I’m wondering if I’m too sentimental, does it mean it’s probably so?

But at the same time, I’m not even sure if sentimental is the right word. Here is the issue. I saw a picture of a buddy today on Facebook, and I got kind of sad.  It was a candid shot, just some random people at a meeting with my friend in the back talking to someone. This guy is a friend that I’ve known since seventh grade. For a few years, we lived in the same town and work together. He was in my wedding. But now we don’t talk. There’s been no falling out. There’s been no fight. We just have no need for each other anymore, and I hate this.

I don’t know if women do better at this or not, but is it asking too much to stay in touch with a friend even though we live half of a hemisphere apart?

But at the same time, I think I am more this way than all of my other friends as well. All in all, I think that people tend to be consumed with whatever is right in front of them, and doing much more than stalking an old friend on Facebook seems like a bit too much work.

I’m not complaining about friends. I have been blessed with a lot of great people in my life. But after moving a handful of times, I am beginning to think that the only friends that you really have (outside of your most important one or two) are the people that you live with on a week to week basis.

I am mourning this today.