we are what we give.

since when did trivial, mundane and fleeting things and facts become the deciding factor to how good a friend, relative, lover, child, student, we are? since when did remembering and forgetting the dates of certain determine who we are to others?

we are not good friends because of how we stick by our friends regardless of the situation, but because of our ability to remember when a friend's birthday is, what that friend's favorite color is, how that friend likes this certain food to be served, what kind of coffee this friend wants, what kind of favors we are able to give.

how did we become a society whose basis of a good relationship are various trinkets of more or less large monetary value but of no sentimental value, the remembrance of utterly trivial facts, and the giving of various favors. Since when did human relationships become so materialistic and pointless?