Years ago, sometime around 2000, a group of fans of the tv show "Remington Steele" got together online to chat about the show. We called ourselves "SteeleWatchers", and over time had several designated chatrooms set up to use.
Over time, the number of fans dwindled until it was just myself and one other. We were unlikely friends, me from and living in E. Texas, her from the midwest, living in Wisconsin/Illinois. We agreed not to discuss politics, since we tended to be at opposite ends of that spectrum, and it's worked perfectly.
Even without the others, we still met on Wednesday evenings at 9 pm, usually to just catch on what was going on in our lives. Last year, I asked us to move the chat to Tuesdays, since it was a better night for me. She agreed, but slowly seemed to not show up, sometimes with an explanation, sometimes without. A few months ago, so had a bad fall, and I'm convinced that it affected her more than she wanted to admit, because even though I was sending her a reminder on Tuesday afternoon, she either didn't see the email or saw it and then forgot that it was chat night, which left me waiting all alone in the chatroom.
I wish I knew what the problem is. Is it her health? She said it wasn't. So that leaves me to think that it's a political thing - that she simply can't handle my politics even though we never discussed them.
So I've sent her a email that she needs to let me know when/if she wants to chat and I'll try to be there to meet her.
Pray for my friend. And for me.
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