Journal

Conflict....

...sucks.

My closest friend has decided my child is a bad influence on hers, as she is homeschooled and apparently this is something my friend's child wants dearly, so there must be no further contact. I reassured her that my child doesn't, and has never spoken of this to him, she sees it as a normal option, not something to brag about, but this is apparently not good enough.
In a way I wish it was something she had done personally, at least then she could understand why she will no longer be allowed to play with her little friend, but this is not her fault at all.
So, lots of tense emails, lots of sitting in front of the computer waiting for her to get back, and now it is all over.

I have virtually no experience of relationship break up. The last time I split up with a boy I was 15, I cried for two days then thought nothing more of it. Two weeks after that I met my husband, and here we still are, 15 years later.

This doesn't feel as serious as the loss of a love, but to lose a treasured frindship still sucks.
Dammit.