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When did you stop making 'real' friends?
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:23 pm
I stopped at age 21 or 22. I'm in my mid 30s now and it feels like I make many acquaintances now but not really good friends.
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:24 pm to siliconvalleytiger
When i got married @ 24. Seems like the married life is just not really conducive to making friends. I don't go out much anymore, and when i do the wife is generally with me
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:25 pm to siliconvalleytiger
around age 13
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:26 pm to siliconvalleytiger
After social media networking really kicked off, 2 us tours, 200,000+ MySpace friends..after or aroubd that time. (2005)
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:26 pm to siliconvalleytiger
22 or so. Now it's just work friends.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:26 pm to siliconvalleytiger
I honestly don't think I've made a friend since I was 21 that I could truly trust. 26 now.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:26 pm to siliconvalleytiger
I stopped accepting close friends at about 26-27. It then became obvious the vast majority of people you meet are just looking to expand their network or business motivated.
But of course, I think differently than most.
But of course, I think differently than most.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:26 pm to siliconvalleytiger
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it feels like I make many acquaintances now but not really good friends.
Ditto. Last real close friend was over 10 years ago. I like my space. Lots of acquaintances though.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:32 pm to siliconvalleytiger
It peters out in your late 20's or whenever you get married. You just can't relate as well in your late twenties and thirties and older as you did in your teen, early to mid twenties. That was my experience at least.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:33 pm to siliconvalleytiger
After college, and honestly, I don't really see or talk to any of them anymore other than facebook, since most have moved to various parts of the country or overseas. I talk to my friends from high school (who also went to LSU) a lot more often, and even then it's over the internet these days. Being the only one of the group who's married with kids makes it difficult.
This post was edited on 8/22/14 at 11:34 pm
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:34 pm to siliconvalleytiger
When I found TigerDroppings. I blame Chicken.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:34 pm to siliconvalleytiger
I don't know if I have "real" friends. Most of my friends are married. The rest want to go out and drink like they are 25 (when they are 32). I rather just hang at home by myself or with my girlfriend.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:35 pm to siliconvalleytiger
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This post was edited on 4/10/23 at 2:29 am
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:37 pm to siliconvalleytiger
I sure as frick don't trust anybody I meet in Houston that I don't have some kind of similar bond with. Can't wait to get out.
I miss living in Louisiana.
I miss living in Louisiana.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:40 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Mostly, soon after school ended.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:41 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Early 30's
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:42 pm to siliconvalleytiger
quote:
I stopped at age 21 or 22
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:43 pm to siliconvalleytiger
At around 26.
Ironically, I read an article a few years back saying that making friends 25/26 and after is pretty darn tough.
Ironically, I read an article a few years back saying that making friends 25/26 and after is pretty darn tough.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:48 pm to siliconvalleytiger
In my mid 20's.
I have lots of acquaintances now, but not many "real" friends. Everyone is in the same boat. Once you get married and have kids, that takes up your time and separates you from those who are not married. No one who is married really has close friends. I mean, you do stuff with other couples and guys hang out and watch ball games and go fishing and stuff, but it isn't like it was with my friends from high school and college. People are closed up and it just isn't the same.
It used to bother me a lot and I would try to recreate the types of friendships I had years before until a year ago when I just realized that it was pointless. I gave up trying and am more satisfied now just living life as it comes. If I am with someone, we hang out and talk and I don't expect anything from it. So, lots of acquaintances and even some "friends," but no brothers like I had. I am still friends with those guys, but we are spread all over the country now and don't see each other much. When we do though, it is like we were never apart.
It is weird. This is a good thread. Thanks for asking the question.
I have lots of acquaintances now, but not many "real" friends. Everyone is in the same boat. Once you get married and have kids, that takes up your time and separates you from those who are not married. No one who is married really has close friends. I mean, you do stuff with other couples and guys hang out and watch ball games and go fishing and stuff, but it isn't like it was with my friends from high school and college. People are closed up and it just isn't the same.
It used to bother me a lot and I would try to recreate the types of friendships I had years before until a year ago when I just realized that it was pointless. I gave up trying and am more satisfied now just living life as it comes. If I am with someone, we hang out and talk and I don't expect anything from it. So, lots of acquaintances and even some "friends," but no brothers like I had. I am still friends with those guys, but we are spread all over the country now and don't see each other much. When we do though, it is like we were never apart.
It is weird. This is a good thread. Thanks for asking the question.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:48 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Weird. I never stop making friends.
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