a-ha!

Life isn’t what it seems on the outside. People put on masks all the time to show other people that things are not as bad as they seem, when in fact, things are as bad or worse than anyone realized.

I’ve been thinking about the people I went to high school with, and getting back in touch with some of them in the last month or so via Facebook. On the outside, it appears that everyone is successful, happy in their current domestic situation, have attractive children, and seemingly have everything that life has to offer.

Oh what they don’t know! Oh what they don’t know about me!

I have mentioned to the few who have asked that I have four children and that I’m divorced. Except for one (and she already knew because she remembers when I got married), no one has asked me who I was married to. Which I find strange because he also went to the same high school I did (but graduated 4 years ahead of me), and some of my newly re-connected friends from high school more than likely either knew him, or knew of him (thru me).

I don’t really mind though. I’d rather not rehash the past with people I haven’t spoken to in nearly 30 years. I don’t even like to talk about my marriage (and eventual divorce) to some of my closest friends.

Let those people think what they want about me. Whether it’s an issue from 27 years ago, or something now, I really don’t care what they think. I offer the olive branch. Whether or not the other person takes it is entirely up to them.

That’s all from the Big Blue Couch.