50th party

I know this might sound tame but I have just been to an awesome 50th birthday party, the reason its awesome is that I met people that I have not seen in over 16 years but who were great friends of mine. When a couple split up friends are split up too so the people that 'stayed' with my ex dropped out of my life and I out of respect for their friendship with my ex dropped out of theirs too. Well, tonight we all met up again and it was scary at times how much we had changed but also how much we remebered from the times we all spent together when we were younger. People cannot understand how I could go to this party but my ex and our partners have grown up and we are all adult enough to know that life is too f******* short to waste precious time holding grudges! We are fine with each other so everyone else will just have to get over it! I felt so happy to meet up with old friends that I quite forgot that we had not spoken for years and so did they! On the whole it was an excellent party, apart from the fact that one of the people giving the party - they are twins- is seriously ill and that makes it all the more poignant.......... Thank God for broadminded people, people who are ready to live and let live! I know that we have all worked hard at getting along for other people's sakes but in the end we are all friends and that is what really matters. I am sitting here tearing up and hoping that we can all meet again and enjoy each others company.