'Replaced'

What's it like to be 'replaced' by someone? I don't mean this with respect to a job - but in relationships. What if the person you were closest to and vice-versa, suddenly finds someone else? You begin to notice the lack of time being given to you, and it's not that your friend has suddenly become the busiest person on earth! He/she would rather spend it with someone else.. You begin to feel bad when the little things they told you are now being shared with someone else, and you think, hey, when did this happen! Communication is so key to a relationship, what's the point if you don't know what's happening in your friend's life! How does one deal with these situations? It's not good to confront, because everyone has the right to meet new people and friendships should not be enforced, they should develop naturally.

Being busy is justified, we all are at some time, but I guess the willingness to be in the relationship is most important. There is no point going around with a tag -- you're my best friend -- when you just don't bother. I admire people who can sustain long-distance relationships. I think it's great. In a relationship, when making the person feel 'secure' is such an issue, not meeting someone for long and still carrying on is courageous.

A friend once told me - the one with the lesser stakes in a relationship calls the shots -- it's so true. It all comes down to how much you care. Caring is not about expensive gifts, it's about being there for the person or simply, just communicating. Just keeping quiet and not making the other person feel/know that you care, what's the point if you keep everything within? How will the other person know if you never ask!

I love my friend for communicating even when she is in a different continent.. it's so nice to hear the little things from her daily routine, sharing happy and sad moments - that's what it's all about -- about wanting to... Then is it that some relationships are just meant to die out?