Re: Could you be good/close friends with someone completely different to you?
True i agree with that. In my case, it’s my friend who is distancing herself. I should have made it clearer. I just wanted to know what others would do if they were in her situation. Like others say i should probably give her some space. It’s just that for the past 9 years we’ve always wished each other on occasions such as Eid and for the first time there’s no response to my message. I sent it twice just in case she didn’t get it. Only 2 months ago everything was fine. She has introduced me to Pakistani dramas and I introduced them to my family. She gave my dad good advice on what Pakistani dramas to watch. We also went to Rahat’s concert here and also to SRK’s concert. I told her about GS and that one day we should visit Pakistan together and she said that we should travel India and the subcontinent together as some of her family were from India pre-partition. No such issues have affected us in the past. Even with cricket matches if Pakistan wins i am the first to congratulate her and if India wins she congratulates me. We don’t mention to each other when our sides win against each other because i guess we don’t want to hurt the other’s feelings.
Anyway the situation is out of my hands. I don’t want to come across as a an over-enthusiastic friend so I leave it in her hands whether she wants to reply to me or not. But i will continue to wish her on her bday and on Eid. It is up to her whether she responds or not. I cannot control her actions but I can control mine. I think if you offer genuine true friendship to someone you should keep your side of the deal even if the other person is maybe having a hard time deciding on the friendship.