Being retired having some close relationships with people melts away as I see confirmed here. There are just a few where we keep in touch, but mostly buddies from HS. One close work bud passed away suddenly at 50 I’ve posted about. While we often got together years after we left the company, he’d call or email if a few weeks passed giving me chit about not staying in contact. Special sort of person he was and was well liked by many. I gave a eulogy at his memorial service, must have been 400 people there. The story about how we came to know each other was quite strange.
When I was suddenly launched from a company (given a nice leave package I’ve posted about) being in a management position, with about 20 people in my dept and 100 in the branch, branch manager called a meeting to inform everyone of my departure as I walked out the door, of course he gave little details. I got tons of calls and emails asking to know more, a few wrote nice letters, and a few wanted to get together for drinks. At the time I couldn’t say much so as not to risk any hassles with my severance. As we were a nationwide company, having traveled to about every location we had, it was nice how they said they would miss me and liked working with me.
All this had a shelf-life of course. The contacts dwindled away and I faded away. I did make a couple of attempts to connect with a few closer to me; but the responses were short. Notably – brief so ended this fast. I do understand people get wrapped up in their own lives, family, work, we all do. I do and don’t think about making connections as much as I could. I can’t bemoan these people.
MO, our beloved pets are a different story. They wholly depend on us for their well-being and love and they love us back w/o conditions. I despise people who abuse or don’t take care of their pets. A different form of human. As a kid, one time I found a box of four kittens. One was dead, another had a gaping wound and a broken arrow in it. They looked starved. Some SOB used them for target practice. My mother being an animal lover to the max, went ballistic when I brought the box home. We immediately took them to the vet and sadly, the vet said they were so far gone they had to be euthanized.
When I was suddenly launched from a company (given a nice leave package I’ve posted about) being in a management position, with about 20 people in my dept and 100 in the branch, branch manager called a meeting to inform everyone of my departure as I walked out the door, of course he gave little details. I got tons of calls and emails asking to know more, a few wrote nice letters, and a few wanted to get together for drinks. At the time I couldn’t say much so as not to risk any hassles with my severance. As we were a nationwide company, having traveled to about every location we had, it was nice how they said they would miss me and liked working with me.
All this had a shelf-life of course. The contacts dwindled away and I faded away. I did make a couple of attempts to connect with a few closer to me; but the responses were short. Notably – brief so ended this fast. I do understand people get wrapped up in their own lives, family, work, we all do. I do and don’t think about making connections as much as I could. I can’t bemoan these people.
MO, our beloved pets are a different story. They wholly depend on us for their well-being and love and they love us back w/o conditions. I despise people who abuse or don’t take care of their pets. A different form of human. As a kid, one time I found a box of four kittens. One was dead, another had a gaping wound and a broken arrow in it. They looked starved. Some SOB used them for target practice. My mother being an animal lover to the max, went ballistic when I brought the box home. We immediately took them to the vet and sadly, the vet said they were so far gone they had to be euthanized.
Gotta love that girl....
