Who Cancels When It Could Be So Much Fun!!???

One of the last YouTube videos I listened to brought up the idea of canceling.  When I heard the topic, my mind completely went to a different spot. She spoke about society boycotting certain companies due to their behavior.  My mind went to the current trend in behavior by adults recently, specifically friends. This could be something that is only occurring often in my life or it could be a common occurrence for others as well.

It really gets me thinking that it could just be me and that my “friends” don’t want to be around me.  That could be reality, but I am hopeful that is not the case. However, I do hold the belief that when people care about you, they want to be around you, so it’s really hard to believe that they do actually care or that they want to be friends.

Do you find that certain friends tend to flake out on activities that you had planned on?  Or that they are just never around? They go and do their thing, but never invite you? They tell you that they will be at a certain location by a certain time and never show up?  They talk you into activities, but when the time comes, they don’t say a word about the activity?

Is this common?

I do feel that certain people are just a bit flaky.  But is there more to it?

I often think that maybe I am responsible for it, meaning that because I focus on it, I am actually making the problem worse.  While playing volleyball over the summer, I watched some teams. They very rarely had substitutes in their games because their whole team showed up.  That was not the case for my team. It seemed like no one really cared or had the inner drive to honor their commitments. How were the other teams able to get all of their players there, ALL THE TIME?  I once thought maybe it was due to age because some of the teams had older teammates, but then I noticed one other team that always had their teammates present, were a group with younger players. So that hypothesis was not accurate.  I guess I am back to the thought of certain individuals being more prone to honor their commitments, and that may be more of an age thing, I don’t know.

Do you notice that the younger generations have more of a tendency to cancel or not show up?  Why do you think that is?

Could it be due to social interactions not being as important anymore?  Because technology is affecting the way these people maintain friendships or the lack of connections.  It’s almost like they just don’t care. Could it be the lack of loyalty? Or not being taught how to honor commitments?

Whatever the reason for this, it will be interesting to observe what happens in coming years.

As always, I appreciate ANY and ALL feedback.  Until next time, go out and live your life to the fullest!