Male centered women make the worst friends.
I had this friend in college. I was always answering her calls. Always giving a listening ear. Even had her over for Christmas cuz she didn't have a stable family life.
But every now and then, she'd cancel on plans. I'd learn it was to be with a guy. A guy who wasn't particularly srs about her.
No big deal I thought.
Finally, I experienced an emergency. Since we were always together, I called her. She didn't pick up. I called again. Didn't pick up. She never called back. Never asked if I was ok.
Despite Christmas with my family. Despite me being there. But I knew she would answer the calls of the man who didn't care about her.
in retrospect, Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights were the chronicle of a woman feeling deep things for the first time ever while in an actual adult relationship, only to find that way too scary and retreat back to perpetual teenagedom