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fatso · 02-07-2015, 06:20 PM

To follow-up on macolmk14's post, I think we need to learn it's ok not to be friends with people.

I know I've wasted a lot of time trying to be friends with people I didn't really like because we worked together or were in school together. Those kinds of relationships paradoxically make you feel more alone. I think that time would have been better spent either alone or strengthening the friendships/relationships with people I truly do value.

Sometimes we get so caught up in the numbers of friends (i.e. the social media phenomenon) we forget that true value is really how a friend makes us feel. One or two truly close friendships superficially aren't a lot but they are more rewarding than many acquaintances.

02-07-2015, 06:20 PM	#10
fatso First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2008 Exp:	To follow-up on macolmk14's post, I think we need to learn it's ok not to be friends with people. I know I've wasted a lot of time trying to be friends with people I didn't really like because we worked together or were in school together. Those kinds of relationships paradoxically make you feel more alone. I think that time would have been better spent either alone or strengthening the friendships/relationships with people I truly do value. Sometimes we get so caught up in the numbers of friends (i.e. the social media phenomenon) we forget that true value is really how a friend makes us feel. One or two truly close friendships superficially aren't a lot but they are more rewarding than many acquaintances. __________________ The great CP is in dire need of prunes! "That's because the productive part of society is adverse to giving up all their wealth so you libs can conduct your social experiments. Experience tells us your a bunch of snake oil salesman...Sucks to be you." ~Calgaryborn 12/06/09 keeping it really stupid!