Imaginary Relationships

When I moved to Ireland, I knew I was embarking on a new phase in some of my relationships: the mostly imaginary phase.

For the relationships in which we check in with each other once or twice a year, nothing would really change. For the relationships with more frequent contact, this is where the change would be most evident. For the daily relationships...well, I knew it would require an act of faith every day to keep those relationships functioning. Luckily, however, I have very few daily-contact relationships unless they are in the workplace or in the home.

As I prepare to return home, I am aware that there may be a slight collision of different worlds because for every imaginary relationship I've been maintaining, chances are the other person has been maintaining one, too. It will be an interesting journey to figure out how and where our imaginary relationships still fit together, if at all.