Dear BB:

Glad you took a walk and used writing to get relief. Different people view friendship differently- for some it is a mutually caring involvement and for others it is a casual, often distant involvement.

Friend J, if she was a caring friend, would have paid for your cake and tea, and then she would have posted on social media, that day or the next: Happy Birthday BB!

Friend L, if she was a caring friend, would have suggested herself (not her daughter texting you) to meet you, just you and her, for your birthday, asking you how you would like to spend that time and follow through.

Friend D, if she was a caring friend, would have presented the book gift to you in person sooner than three weeks after your birthday.

anita