I have been talking regarding a quote with a friend since past few days and we more or less concur that when applied to our lives the quote does come true most of the times -:
It says "Those who matter dont mind and those who mind shouldn't matter".
The crux of the quote is everybody has some shades of grey. If you care more about the person on a whole , ignore those intermittent spikes of unruly behavior and wait for time to bring the back to normalcy.
There are friends who would ignore you when they are down and stay away . You might repluse into similar actions by the reflective replusion that you may feel.. What do you do ? Go forward and bug them or remain silent and alow the time enough to get normal and come and talk to you.
Both the notions have their own fair share of takers.
I on a personal note and experience believe that if a friend needs to share something imp with you , he/she would do so anyway without you asking them time and again if things were fine with him/her. doing the latter can actually push things around but can also frustrate the person more if there is nothing serious as such.
I know this is like being defensive and playing safe but seems more viable to me all the time.
Also , another facet that i believe firmly in is -: " you cant make a person talk to you whenever you want to"
they wont know that you so much want to converse , or they might be into a sandpit of their own.
So cut down on expectations for a healthy friendship..