Overheard my old friend say I'm 'too serious now' and it stung

Last Saturday at a coffee shop in Austin, I caught my best friend from high school whispering to someone that I've become 'too serious' since I started my own business. She wasn't wrong, I think, but it hit hard because she didn't even try to talk to me about it in person. We used to joke nonstop for hours, now I can't sit through a full conversation without checking my phone for client emails. Is it normal to outgrow the goofy version of yourself, or am I just hiding behind work to avoid getting hurt? Has anyone else had an old friend call them out like that and felt weirdly proud and sad at the same time?

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terry_lewis2123d ago

It's funny how we all do this thing where we think people should just know we've changed and accept it, but then when they point it out we feel some type of way about it. I see it everywhere, not just with friends but with family too. Nobody wants to be the one to say "hey you're different now" because it feels like an insult, but sometimes it's just the truth. Running a business changes you because it has to, you can't be the same person who goofed off all day when you've got real stuff on the line. The sad part is she told someone else instead of you, that's the part that would bug me more than the words themselves.

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