Can you keep a friendship?

[Buttmunch]

I've got lots of friends that seem to have "disincluded" me in their lives. Granted, most live in and around Boston, and it's hard to get together often, but I haven't heard from them for quite a while. Of course, I haven't kept up communication either. But, that doesn't mean that I don't consider them friends. I feel that they too still consider me a friend.

My best friend, for lack of a better term, is another story. His wife has always hated me (and his brother and relatives and other friends for that matter). I once went to their house for New Years' Eve and while expecting the "old gang" I found only her friends and people I knew that he really had never been friends with.

The final straw was at his first son's christening. His whole family thought I was going to be the godfather. They were suprised that I wasn't. During the celebration dinner, he pulled me aside and explained that her brother was godfather for various, legitimate reasons. However, he told me that they wanted me to be the godfather for their second child when the time came.

Second son was born and I wasn't even invited to the christening.

I took that as a message.