Sorry the reply took so long. To be fair, I just wasn't in the mood.

I don't know why friendship is hard. I think it's just me, being an outsider. I've been one my whole life. And things just keep confirming it. I don't conform, perhaps, to usual ideas of what a friend should be, or perhaps I haven't been around for all that time where long time friendships were forming.

And yes, I'd love to meet you one day. Perhaps next year, who knows.