tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160847.post2465308859151366465..comments2023-11-05T03:36:20.335-06:00Comments on Something to Consider - Phil Hoover - Chicago, IL: I'm not going...Phil Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14613170792920440824noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160847.post-28084470482507683462009-09-06T09:54:58.591-05:002009-09-06T09:54:58.591-05:00Realistically, attending an event like this isn...Realistically, attending an event like this isn't going to make much headway in compelling him to drift back into the friendship. He'll be too caught up with being honored. <br /><br />And consider the position you are in now: you would attend a big show not to celebrate with him but to achieve some "do the right thing" effect and possibly draw a bad friend back into a friendship. And he may be so caught up that he doesn't know you're there. <br /><br />The position he's put you in has forced you to create so many agendas for attending. You don't have to play this game, really. There are far more personal ways to reconnect if either of you are ever compelled to do that.Joe Misekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18432018495607518447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160847.post-65377341184465488662009-09-06T03:16:16.249-05:002009-09-06T03:16:16.249-05:00Phil: IMHO I hope you don't regret not going...Phil: IMHO I hope you don't regret not going. I know a man who was on the "outs" with his daughter (whom he had lost for 13 years while the mother ran). So much so that he wouldn't go to her wedding. He now regrets it as they have patched things up. As i stated earlier, I would still go even if it meant sitting incognito in the back.Bill (cycleguy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09082407231475058958noreply@blogger.com