CaliGuy Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Do you believe in it? I'm starting to. Lately, I've had a couple episodes that are cementing my belief. Recently someone I thought of as a friend and confided things to broke my trust. The first time she did it I asked her never to repeat any confidential conversations and that any discussions we had were confidential. Lo and behold the next conversation she repeats the information. Now, I had helped with advice on a few things and she didn't listen to the advice. Less than a week after burning me the second time and not listening to my advice, she lost her job. She had two in the hand, now has none. This is just one of a few examples I have. If you have some karma examples I would love to hear them, especially involving the Ex.
Author CaliGuy Posted January 30, 2006 Author Posted January 30, 2006 Good things happen to good people. I've always lived by that mantra. I continue to be good in spite of the bad things people do to me. I'm not friends with her anymore because of her failure to respect me and my boundaries.
JohnM Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 It depends on the person, if somebody does something nasty to me that I would never consider doing to them I wouldn't want to remain friends unless they apologised. I stick by good people and friends through anything though.
Author CaliGuy Posted January 30, 2006 Author Posted January 30, 2006 Me too. And no, she didn't apologize for spilling the beans. She's very self-centered and shallow so I guess I'm not missing much with that friend
lilmoma1973 Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Yes Caliguy.. i definitely believe what you give out be it good or bad it comes back to you!! What goes around comes around so i firmly believe it.. You treat people the way you would want to be treated!!
cal gal Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 That is no friend. I save that word for the good people I choose to surround myself with. I don't have any friends that would even consider doing that to me, and I would NEVER do that to them. She didn't even acknowledge that she did something unforgivable??? Last time I would even look in her direction. When people don't keep secrets, there is no use speaking with them, other than to be socially polite. IMHO
Mz. Pixie Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 I had a friend who stabbed me in the back during the divorce. I used to vent on another forum- and she would access my computer when I wasn't using it at work. I trusted her but apparently she pulled it up from my history and directed my husband to visit there-which was none of her business to do so. She had worked for me in the past, but after this I requested that she be moved to another team. Her new team manager didn't watch her back like I had. She made a large mistake and although people had not been fired for that kind of stuff before she was. Because of the error she wasn't offered unemployment either and the state denied it. After that, I did give her a reference to find another job- because she had a child and I felt bad for the child. The job paid less but had good benefits. Her boss gives his employees a vacation every year. So, they went on this dream vacation that they could never afford and spend one day there before a hurricane hits and they have to be evacuated. Shortly after that her father in law is told he has lung cancer and now her and her husband are in marriage counseling and it's not going well. My exhusband put me through hell in the divorce. One of the major problems we had were his hobbies. Back in the fall he injured himself badly preforming a hobby that always kept him from home and he had to sit out the whole season. I think though that perhaps karma isn't always so true. I'm sure the ex and his family feel that I need some karma inflicted on me for leaving him after all those years of him promising to change. When we divorced, I lived in a little apartment, had no friends and could hardly make ends meet. Now, I'm remarried to a wonderful guy- who is everything my ex wasn't and who makes me a priority, we're financially stable and I've taken two dream vacations since we've married and like none we've ever taken. My new inlaws are well off financially and love spoiling their new grandchildren. They probably wish I would be miserable but I'm not. 1
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