text; anonymous

[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 ]

Comments

[doreimi]

i guess for me it's just hard because
i think being famous is what's keeping that person from seeing me as myself

but
that person and i are connected at all because i'm famous
that's what they know me for, i mean

so it makes me afraid, a little
because
what if that person wouldn't like me at all, if not for that connection?
maybe if i wasn't famous, i'd be nothing
maybe that person wouldn't even notice me

and i think
i think i'd hate that even more

[penpoint]

as long as you're doing it for your sake and not because of them
well
i think that's okay
that's probably bad advice

but there's always going to more complicated things to do than just talk about it

[doreimi]

sorry, all i'm doing is talking about myself when this ought to be about you
but it's kind of nice to just
say this stuff?
i think i'll feel better just having said it once
even if i don't say it to the person i'm thinking about

how do you wish your person would see you?
in a perfect world, i mean
what would they say about you?

[penpoint]

that's a tough question but

that it's the me now - not then, that is the reason we're still friendly
and that the time apart was worth it

and, if i'm selfish, that i'm doing good

[doreimi]

i don't know if this is the same for you but
it's kind of sad, isn't it?
that feeling that...

the feeling like someone might never see you for who you are
no matter how hard you try to show them

i wish i had an answer for you, for how to make that happen
but if i knew that, i probably would've already taken my own advice

[penpoint]

it is
a little sad

if it were anything or anyone else i probably would have realized it sooner

i don't expect everyone to have answers
just advice on how to approach it

it's better to know others have or are going through this