Before I get started, please note that this is not a self-pitying post in ANY way but I have made some realisations and don't know what to do with it all - my head is kinda spinning!
I have a succesful business with someone who was a friend. For anyone who doesn't know (and I'll spare the details), she asked me to come out of the business a couple of years ago, I agreed. It got nasty (not on my part) but she ended up asking me back because she couldn't run the business on her own (not necessarily without ME, but couldn't run it single handed). She apologised. I prayed. I went back. Several friendships got ruined in the process.
Anyway, fast forward a couple of years and I have realised that this woman doesn't actually LIKE me. I even wonder if she respects me.
Now, I realise there's LOTS of missing detail here and I am by no means perfect.
But my question now is: do I stay in the business? Do I develop a long term plan to get myself out?
And what about those friendships? I can't retrieve the ones that were lost, I know that. But I still struggle daily with feelings of being let down, or being lonely. How does a grown woman with a young family go about making new friends when she works full time and can't do the social round of coffee mornings to meet new people?
This is not rhetorical: I really would like to hear your ideas (if anyone actually reads this!)
2 comments:
I'm not sure that I have any advice but I can relate to the pain of friendships lost. It can be like a breakup. I have a lot of friends from our church and met them mostly while serving with them in the nursery. I hope it helps. I will pray for you and your desire for deep, real friendships.
Moms of small kids make friend well with other moms of small kids...play groups, school stuff, sports, etc.
Being unequally yoked in a business is very difficult... different ideas about everything!
Start fresh and clean. It's a positive to begin anew!
It's not an end...it's an exciting new beginning.
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