jlite: Hi. It’s been a while.
vladtheimpala: Oh, hey! Long time no chat. How are things going?
jlite: It’s fine. Everything’s fine. I guess. How are you?
vladtheimpala: Same old same old, nothing to report. What’s going on?
jlite: Nothing. I just wanted to apologize. I know it might be a late, but still, I hope it’s okay.
vladtheimpala: Ummm… Did I miss something? We haven’t chatted in like six months. You sure you have the right person?
jlite: Yes. I’ve just been thinking about it a lot lately, and I figured I’d apologize.
vladtheimpala: Is this some twelve step thing or something? Making amends? I mean, seriously, I don’t even know what you have to apologize for. I literally don’t remember anything you did.
jlite: Sorry. I knew this would be awkward, but I needed to apologize. For my own sake.
vladtheimpaler: Well, okay. What did you do, anyway?
jlite: I guess if you don’t know, I should probably just let it be. I’ve just been playing our last few conversations over and over, and it seemed pretty big to you at the time, but I guess I was wrong.
vladtheimpaler: Seriously. It’s all good. I just got busy, you know? Life moves along, people drift apart, it’s all good.
jlite: You don’t have to be nice. You could be honest.
vladtheimpaler: I’m being honest. Sheesh. You’re cool and all, but people drift apart and that’s okay. We could hang out sometime if you want, just not in the next month or so, things are getting busy for me. But after that, reach out, we can grab coffee or something.
jlite: Okay. Sorry for bothering you. I’m glad I didn’t do anything wrong that you remember.
vladtheimpaler: No bother. See you around maybe.
jlite: Maybe, sure.
… is how it would go if I ever bothered to reach out. So it’s just as well that I don’t.