I expected more from you

🙂

I have no expectations for my friends.  At least not really.  If I did, I’m sure I’d get disappointed so much more often.

If you think about it, that’s how friendships develop, really.  While I’ve met people that fit into my preconceived notions of awesomeness and stayed there, nobody has really matched my expectations.
Ever.

Sometimes people exceed them, sometimes they disappoint.  Rarely are people what you expect them to be.

Here’s a fun Game:

Plan on saying something to a friend of yours.  Plan out the entire conversation.  Match fifteen or so lines within reasonable bounds, and I will buy you a pizza.

Also, I’ll get you a unicorn.

People simply don’t fit into expectations.

With friends, this isn’t such a problem: outside of middle school, you never imagine your friend to be the ‘goofy one,’ the ‘life-long’ one, or the ‘crazy one.’  It is only when it comes to relationships that this is seen.

I asked my friend Mike what married life was like.  He said that the hardest thing to get over was his expectations.

As in all relationships, there is a difference between (i) who you are, (ii) who you think you are, and (iii) who other people think you are.  When these three are in perfect synchronization, relationships thrive (they never are).

When (i) and (iii) clash, in particular, does miscommunication arise.

Just thinking.

🙂 I have no expectations for my friends.  At least not really.  If I did, I’m sure I’d get disappointed so much more often. If you think about it, that’s how friendships develop, really.  While I’ve met people that fit into my preconceived notions of awesomeness and stayed there, nobody has really matched my expectations.…