And I pretended that I could not hear from him. He tried calling me back, but I did not pick up the call. I know, asshole move, but what the fuck am I supposed to tell him?
“Hey, it’s been about a year, and I’m totally not fucking jobless for about a year and a half, and that I’ve totally not wasted my time on contributing to open-source projects, and that I’ve absolutely not gone insane by sitting inside my room all alone, trying to work on side projects, which are still incomplete? Hahahaha, no I’m not weird.”
I guess he just wanted to wish me a Happy New Year, and ask how I was doing. Except that it was just a new year, just like it was, about a year ago, without the happy part. Lol, and I deleted all the phone numbers on my mobile, including his.
You should talk to people. Even if you have nothing positive to report. Just the social interaction is important
Exactly, maybe even a new opportunity can come from it. If someone goes through the trouble of calling back, that must mean something good
“ugh. What does this person want from me since they can’t give me anything of value!” Such selfish behaviour. Op thinks they’re better than them therefore not worth their time.
Edit. I misread OP’s quotations as his friends, not his own. Apologies
I get the exact opposite vibe from what OP wrote. That they feel embarrassed that they don’t have anything “impressive” or something “good” to report to their old friend. Sounds to me like OP doesn’t feel good enough, compared to their old friend.
You know what… You might be right and i completely misread it.