Because of recent events in my life, I've of been in need of friends as of late. i feel quite vulnerable right now, and don't know what todo.
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Its like that for everybody. Friends come and go. And not just online. When I was in elementary school, I had lots of friends. But when the time came for thier family to move....we had to part ways. I had a girl friend in junior high. We had to break up because her father was going to Germany. Yes...I was a military brat. Life is rough when your father gets relocated every 2-3 years. Making new friends is easy. Giving them up is the hard part.PariahPoet wrote:It's better to just go into it knowing that online friends are temporary.....well any friends for that matter.
Well.....friends may not BE online when you turn on your PC. Especially when you're in the mood to talk to someone. He/she may live in a different time zone. Or...he/she may have a job. Goes to school. Or is limited on time. Online friends can't always "be there."PariahPoet wrote:It's a lot easier not to bother. People will always let you down, so enjoy conversation while you can, but don't make a huge emotional investment.
Absolutely true.Figarou wrote:Making new friends is easy. Giving them up is the hard part.
I understand that way of thinking, I have never left someone I would call a friend, however, each one even two good friends have left over the years, other than one that I have known for over eight years, they are still around and so am I. A few years ago I stopped looking for friends, I just went and talked with others thinking nothing may come of it, and once one of the boards I went to shut down for odd reasons, I stopped all together, after a few months I wanted to talk with others again, that is when I found this forum, I went in thinking anything could happen, once I have someone I would call a friend, I will not leave, I think of them just a real as anyone offline, I do NOT have this attitude that friends are temporary, at least they would not be to be if they had never given up, it is important for me to maintain a friendship, not that mush work to stay in contact.PariahPoet wrote:Well, all the people I had become friends with here have either treated me like crap or found a better group of friends than me, so I've just decided not to waste my time when everyone leaves you in the end anyway.
That is how I feel in real life as well. I have my mate and one friend in real life who haven't screwed me over, why look for more?
Heck, I thought it was better to have had and lost than never had at all.PariahPoet wrote:It's better to just go into it knowing that online friends are temporary.....well any friends for that matter.
It's a lot easier not to bother. People will always let you down, so enjoy conversation while you can, but don't make a huge emotional investment.