He saw me before I saw him.
"Sometimes you are up against the wall. No use crying about it. Everybody gets there. You just live through it. My advice is to stay away from people. If you want to be miserable, do it alone. Some people don't understand that. Keep it to yourself, I say. That's what I do."
"Well," I said, "we try to, anyway."
Yes. We try.
Same here - sad, nobody cares.
ReplyDeletebeing stoical comes easily now - but I know it shows on my face that something is wrong. People ask & a series of lies is the response.