OT - that was so well said. I am printing it out so that I can keep these thoughts permanantly. I needed to hear this to really cement in my head what I have felt about friendship with the X. It wouldn't be productive in my life and hearing that that is okay from someone else helps. I have felt what you expressed, but thought that maybe it was just my own opinion, and therefore somehow useless.....guess i need to work on that!
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." Jon Kabat-Zinn