You are a good man. Under the circumstances, I doubt very much that I would have gone after the young man. If he had seen me in passing and 'our eyes met', I would have greeted him, maybe (hopefully) from that, we could have initiated a conversation. But when people cut one off for what seems to be no reason, then I leave the onus of reconciliation on them.
Saying that, I recently met up with a friend that I had cut off with no explanation to him over 25 years ago. I thought then that he had fallen way short of the standards of friendship that I expected of him and was just using me for his own self-centred ends, so with no warning, I stopped speaking to him and taking his calls. We still have the same circle of friends though so of course, remain aware of each other, albeit from the different continents we reside on. When his parents died some time ago, I reached out to him to offer my condolences and just like that, we resumed our relationship - well, a relationship, that odd somewhere between casual friendship and shared history. He has never asked why I initiated the hiatus, and I have not offered. And we both seem cool with that.
You are a good man. Under the circumstances, I doubt very much that I would have gone after the young man. If he had seen me in passing and 'our eyes met', I would have greeted him, maybe (hopefully) from that, we could have initiated a conversation. But when people cut one off for what seems to be no reason, then I leave the onus of reconciliation on them.
Saying that, I recently met up with a friend that I had cut off with no explanation to him over 25 years ago. I thought then that he had fallen way short of the standards of friendship that I expected of him and was just using me for his own self-centred ends, so with no warning, I stopped speaking to him and taking his calls. We still have the same circle of friends though so of course, remain aware of each other, albeit from the different continents we reside on. When his parents died some time ago, I reached out to him to offer my condolences and just like that, we resumed our relationship - well, a relationship, that odd somewhere between casual friendship and shared history. He has never asked why I initiated the hiatus, and I have not offered. And we both seem cool with that.
Life, huh!
It's what we make of it.