A lifelong friendship

     Dear friend,

   My señora complains about a friend of hers because she says that she asks a lot, that she wants to know about people, but she hardly talks about her and her own; that she would be an excellent journalist.

     This friendship comes from afar; it comes from when they were both in school, that is, more than sixty years ago. On the one hand, in the happiest moments there she was; in the saddest moments she was there too. But my señora says that she likes delving more into the details that produce sadness, pain and that she has some curiosity in dealing with matters that hurt and that she does not put herself in the shoes of the other person.

     Anyway, Fran, I ask her why she maintains this relationship and she does not manage to answer me. As far as I concern I wonder what it is that ties a person to maintain close contact with another person for a lifetime. She is always moaning on about it. What do you think?

     Y. a.

     Mary