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Posted on 8/18/24 at 7:58 pm to Geekboy
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About 8 years ago I definitely weeded out all friends that were even remotely high maintenance. Nipped that shite in the bud for good.
This is something I've realized is really needed. I have a large friend group and a really active social life, so I'll never go as far as formally dropping a friend unless they do something awful, but I've definitely started to keep the frustrating ones at more of a distance.
I'll include them in large group things to keep the peace, but have stopped scheduling as much 1:1 things and even decreased going to places I know I'll see them in some instances.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:03 pm to Geekboy
Nah. Not at all.
We have a blast when we get together. Went on a 4 day bachelor party last year with some guys I hadn't seen much over the past 10 years. We had all kinds of plans to go out and shite. We just ended up hanging out at the air bnb or on the boat for 4 days and enjoyed the piss out of it. I'm around women so much that I forget how much easier it is to be around dudes.
We have a blast when we get together. Went on a 4 day bachelor party last year with some guys I hadn't seen much over the past 10 years. We had all kinds of plans to go out and shite. We just ended up hanging out at the air bnb or on the boat for 4 days and enjoyed the piss out of it. I'm around women so much that I forget how much easier it is to be around dudes.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:04 pm to Geekboy
I have some great friends I'm still close too so the answer is no for me.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:08 pm to Geekboy
No
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:10 pm to Geekboy
As I got older, I stopped socializing. I just don't like crowds anymore, and everyone is too busy anyway. I've got so many responsibilities that on the weekends, I just want to rest and enjoy time with my wife and kids.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:12 pm to Geekboy
What are these friends you speak of?
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:13 pm to DesScorp
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As I got older, I stopped socializing.
Don't do that unless you're very old. Never stop being good at random social interactions. Professional networking, kids' friends' parents, random golf pairings. Always stay sociable.
You don't have to commit to lasting friendship, and it doesn't even have to be sincere most of the time. But stay on the horse.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:32 pm to Geekboy
Let a large amount of them fade away recently.
A bunch are busy with kids and the activities made us friends in the past, they no longer do.
A couple have made those activities into jobs, so now it is like a business transaction vs friendship.
Dropped some people who can't answer calls or texts, but call when they need something.
My dog is my best bud. He is ready for adventure anytime I am.
A bunch are busy with kids and the activities made us friends in the past, they no longer do.
A couple have made those activities into jobs, so now it is like a business transaction vs friendship.
Dropped some people who can't answer calls or texts, but call when they need something.
My dog is my best bud. He is ready for adventure anytime I am.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:35 pm to Jim Rockford
I have one friend I see on Friday nights. We have a few beers and I walk home. He’s just around the corner so it’s easy. That’s pretty much it. No one can come out a play anymore. When I was in my 20s we had a local watering hole that was open from 5 in the morning till about 9 at night. It was right next to the mill so the night guys would get off work and grab a beer or two, it was their evening, not morning. And the same thing at 6 in the evening. Men don’t do that anymore. We gotta be home before the street lights flicker.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:37 pm to Kingshakabooboo
I am 52, and find I am turning into my dad before he died…. Grumpy and irritated at everything…..
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:43 pm to Geekboy
Eventually, as you get older, your “friends” consist of your remote and whatever you can reach from your recliner. And it’s a beautiful thing.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:46 pm to Geekboy
I’m headed in the other direction. I’m becoming more tolerant, though internet anonymity short-circuits that. The only people I have a hard time tolerating are painfully stupid people. And I feel badly about that.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:46 pm to Geekboy
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As you get older do you find your friends more irritating?
Absolutely….I’m in my late 50’s and I pretty much hang out with nothing but relatives nowadays. Even then, it is only the relatives that I like!
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:47 pm to Geekboy
Just certain behaviors that never used to bug me. Newest on that list is being late, probably cause my time has gotten more valuable.
Say your going to come over at 7 and text 7:30 saying dinner ran late...I'm livid.
Say your going to come over at 7 and text 7:30 saying dinner ran late...I'm livid.
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:51 pm to Geekboy
I have a friend that always wants to be the center of attention- I just hang out less with him
It’s just odd
It’s just odd
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:56 pm to Gorilla Ball
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have a friend that always wants to be the center of attention- I just hang out less with him
We have a friend that's been totally cut out of the friend group because his wife does this and he's incapable of doing anything without her.
Miss that dude but it was cartoonist how bad she was and it made the other wives dread get togethers
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:59 pm to Geekboy
Not really. Some I can take longer than others, most have kids and its not like we are hanging out all the time so its good to get together with them from time to time. I think anyone you drift away from is a natural part of changing as we grow, but I still like my friends and like to meet new people. I might be getting old, but not old and grouchy.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:59 pm to Geekboy
Friends aren’t any more irritating than they’ve ever been, It’s more that as I get older I just don’t have time for people’s bullshite.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:03 pm to Geekboy
How old are you?
I think by mid-20's or early 30's, it starts to become pretty easy to tell which ones have gotten into self-help and therapy and learning to fully "value" themselves and live their best lives now.
Once friendship becomes a one-way street with people who expect you to be available when they want attention or need something, but act busy or distracted when it's the other way around, it's pretty easy to move on from them and just make new friends.
I think by mid-20's or early 30's, it starts to become pretty easy to tell which ones have gotten into self-help and therapy and learning to fully "value" themselves and live their best lives now.
Once friendship becomes a one-way street with people who expect you to be available when they want attention or need something, but act busy or distracted when it's the other way around, it's pretty easy to move on from them and just make new friends.
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