Cornflakes

Have you ever encountered a flaky friend? Someone who promises you the moon and back, but never keeps their promises? The one who makes elaborate plans of getaways with you, only to cancel last minute? (or worse, never even bothers to cancel and just leaves you waiting and waiting... )

Sometimes you feel like ditching your flaky friend. But you hold back, because at the end of the day, you still like hanging out with this 'friend'. If the stakes are stacked just right that is. And with a flaky friend, that almost never happens.

You could go weeks and months without hearing anything from them at all. And all your calls may go unanswered. All your texts un-replied.

"Maybe this friend fell asleep narcolepsy-style?"
"Maybe they've been unconscious for long stretches of time and can't call you back?"
 You start making excuses to justify their behaviour.

Because even after they treated you that way, you still like them a little to be patient. And although you feel frustrated with their behaviour, you recognise that the real reason behind their flakiness probably has nothing to do with you, and everything to do with them.

'It's okay,' you tell yourself.
'I will wait for him.'

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Opps. Did i just say 'him'?

I meant them.

That one flaky friend.
Who you secretly hope would stop being flaky.

So you would have a reason to still keep them in your life.
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