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[penpoint]

i hate that it's come to this but i need some advice on something
and due to the nature of the question i'd prefer to get a few perspectives rather than just one or two people

maybe someone else here has gone through the same thing

say that you and another person have known each other for a long, long time
but you were apart for awhile
and now you're both pretty different

how do you see someone as the person they are now?
how do you make them see you as the person you are now?


[ ooc; while this is anon. if your character has any reason to suspect who this is you're free to call him out ]

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[champagnetower]

This is really sad.
I don't know what I would do.
I would probably try to be as I always was with them.
Maybe things between you are not as different as they seem.
I don't know.

perm-anon.

[penpoint]

but if you're different people, pretending things aren't different seems like it might do more harm than good?

i've never had to think about this before so obviously i'm not sure either

[champagnetower]

I guess so.
I've never dealt with it before.
Maybe I'm dealing with it right now and don't know it.
But still I would try, I think.
If you've known someone a long time, then maybe you were close.
And bonds don't just vanish so maybe there's still something there.
Maybe.

[penpoint]

i suppose we are still close
but because of then not now

i'm sure this has been going on for awhile, and i feel like in some way many go through things like this

[champagnetower]

Do you think you would not be friends if you met now?
Instead of when you did?

[penpoint]

we are friends now
but i believe it is because of who i was then, not who i am now
or because of obligation

[champagnetower]

Does it truly count as a friendship if it's an obligation?

[penpoint]

i guess not
that's always something to consider a possibility

[champagnetower]

To answer your original questions
I suppose you can acknowledge someone's growth (??) and show them yours

[penpoint]

that's sound advice