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Probably not a whole lot to write about, from his perspective. And maybe he's chosen to spend the money he's earned by stamping out license plates on cigarettes instead of paper and envelopes and stamps.
I think you're going to have to wait until your friend is released before picking up where you left off.
. his mom says he's depressed nearly 100% of the time and of course i do understand this!! but why won't he write to me??
Because his life is HUGELY different from yours......have you visited with him at all?
Maybe your going down memory lane in your letters or talking about your life as a man who's FREE is something he finds upsetting...cause he's not.
Maybe he's trying to make something out of what he's got left......and your constant reminders of what he can't, and may never do again (depending on his sentence) brings him no joy.
Good point. If you have not visited him, he may be angry at you for leaving him there to rot by himself, even though you're sending letters. And if somehow you were involved with what got him sent there, he may resent the fact that he got imprisoned and you didn't.
I'm curious as to what this friend is in jail for: robbery, rape, murder, drugs? If he's already been "in the big house" for 8 years I'm assuming it was serious.
Sometimes people post things and I'm positive it's all made up but I could be wrong. Sometimes the strangest stories turn out to be true.
Your friend is depressed. That says it all. He has no will to write because of his depression. He's just not in the right frame of mind to even form a paragraph or maybe even a sentence.
Depression is not just being sad. It's far more.
Do some research about depression. I think you'll understand then why he doesn't write.
Keep writing to him anyways if you can/want. You might be an important link to his sanity.
He's in prison and has other things to worry about instead of some friendship he had in the past. The main thing on his mind is survival. You're not a priority of his. Move on.
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