Losing Friends to Time: You're Not the Only One

You know when you see everyone else doing their thing, like they have it all figured out, and you’re just… watching? …

Am I the only one who feels like they’re being erased, piece by piece, as their world just… moves on without them? …

I just feel so alone sometimes and it’s like, not even in a sad way, more like a weird empty way? …

just sort of drifted away... …

It's kinda stressing me out. …

I guess I’m just… numb. …

More like a slow, creeping dissolution, like when a sugar cube melts in tea and you don't notice it until the sweetness is just... …

I hate them. …

I feel like a goddamn ANNOYANCE. …

Like a little thump in the chest, not even a punch, just a *thump*. …

it's a specific kind of cold, you know, when your old comrades start finding new assignments, new fronts to fight on. …

well, now I keep seeing this young fellow, 22 he said, just finished college, and he's so down about his old mates, scattered to the winds, not like it was, and it triggers something, a phantom limb… …

But the emotional void is still there. …

New country, new beginnings, all that jazz. …

Anyone else ever feel like you’re just… fading? …

i mean i see like 3 veterans on campus, total, and they’re all like 20 and talking about call of duty, not about that dust storm in ’73, 0400, when we almost lost rogers—man, rogers. …

I feel like a BAD friend. …

instead it’s this slow motion disintegration, a steady drip drip drip of all the things you thought were bedrock. …

Ok so like I know this sounds totally stupid but I feel super ashamed to even say this out loud, or like, type it. …

Retirement is… a strange thing. …