Maybe it mattered and I didn't know

Greetings!

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What we will encounter next on our journey through life is entirely unknown to us. We may plan everything meticulously today, but tomorrow could bring something entirely different, contrary to our plans. I'm not saying that the things we expect or work towards won't materialize; they often do. However, life has a way of throwing curveballs, effortlessly jeopardizing even the best-laid plans.

There was a friend, a virtual friend, with whom I was very close. We talked almost every day, through calls and chats. We met during the lockdown in a WhatsApp group chat that I owned, where we sought to earn money online.
Oh! She could have been here, writing on this blockchain, if we hadn't gone our separate ways because she was writing on other platforms that I wrote before this one...I introduced her.

We were good friends, with all the lovey-dovey talks, and she loved attention, which I happily gave her. However, a time came when her demands for attention began to interfere with my blogging. It was challenging for me to ask her to reduce her calls because I didn't want to hurt her feelings. You know how women can react when they feel you're pushing them away, right? Yes, I was afraid of that because I don't like it when someone does that to me, so I try not to do it to anyone else.

That was the issue, and after a long while, I devised a method to reduce her clinginess, just enough for me to focus on my online work. There's one thing she hated so much, which was not adding romantic titles to our chats, like "dear," "babe," "ma," "sweetheart," etc. She had queried me about it several times, and her last warning was quite comical to me. She said she would block my number if I messaged her without adding any of those romantic terms.

I love to put things into practice, so I decided to do just that at that moment. One morning, I woke up and sent her a simple "Hi, good morning" message. The message double clicked, indicating she was online. I waited for her to read and reply, but nothing came. The next thing I knew, her profile picture disappeared... she had blocked me.

Surprisingly, I didn't feel bad about it. I was actually happy because I was finally getting some space to myself. I thought she might unblock me later in the day and flood my life with numerous messages, but she didn't. I noticed it in the evening. I tried calling her, but she didn't pick up. When I dialed her number again, I found out I had been blocked as well.

It was so laughable because I don't have much experience in relationships, and I was wondering if this is how they usually do in relationships. We weren't even in a romantic relationship, yet she was acting this way.

To cut a long story short, we eventually talked when she unblocked me after like two weeks, but the flow of our conversation wasn't the same as it used to be, and our little friendship died along the way.

Thanks for reading.
_{This is my entry to Hivenaija prompt of the week}

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