Unfortunately, yeah.

I won’t blame people, anymore, for their actions, but I also just… Won’t pretend to care, if they clearly don’t, or have decided not to.

I’ve just grown really tired of putting in excess effort into that stuff, for frequently very little, if any, reward…

But of course this goes both ways. Undeniably.

Unfortunately reality is that we seem to be living through a time of unparalleled selfishness, and it’s very rare to be able to “break through that” enough to form a genuine connection with somebody, and to keep that connection “alive” and “healthy”…

Right now, I would rather work on myself, first, before I even try to put any “special effort” on that front. And that goes for a lot of my friendships, too. Not just relationships.

But yeah, all in all, I think you’re right, and I’m yet to find a better way to handle it, and accept it, where possible, than that…