Can’t relate. I mean…is she serious? For sure, if you are my friend I will turn myself inside out to support you in your hardships, but let’s be real, here: I’m not *looking* for messy people to add into my life. For one thing, any of us that have a partner, adult kids (or any kids, really), one or more frail parents and a couple of other relatives probably have all the messy, sobbing moments they can handle. Again - if you’re already in my inner sanctum, I will go to bat for you when life hands you a shit sandwich, and I hope you will do the same for me. But I’m not hunting around to have *more* messy people in my life who are going to call me mid-cry.
