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re: Childhood Friends versus Adult Friends
Posted on 9/21/18 at 5:32 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Posted on 9/21/18 at 5:32 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
If I took wives and kids out of consideration, the guys I would trust to help me bury a body would all be from high school or college. Haven’t met anyone since then that I’d trust enough to do that (although wife and kids may change this a bit with some of them).
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Posted on 9/21/18 at 5:35 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I’d say some of truest friends, those that know me deep and who i can dive right into conversation even when we have seen or spoken in years, were formed around 15.. we all had the same insecurities, the same innocence and the same unknowns of the future.. I’ve made some truly great friends as I’ve aged but I don’t think they’ll ever match those that are wrapped in nostalgia.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 5:43 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I haven’t made a new friend since I was a teenager and I’m perfectly ok with it, I’m 37 now. I have a core group of people I’m close to and care about, I don’t need anyone else. I’ll do my best to be sociable and make small talk but that’s about as far as it goes.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 6:02 pm to gizmothepug
Most adults have few actual friends. They like to confuse co-workers for friends. If we don’t hang out outside of work we are just co-workers.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 6:13 pm to Paul Allen
It’s truly a conundrum, isn’t it Paul. Fortunately I’m #blessed with chums like yourself, Cosmo, and NIH. We should go suit shopping this weekend !
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Posted on 9/21/18 at 6:16 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
My closest friends are people I became friends with in either HS or during my college years.
Some of the friends from HS are people I knew before HS, but became closer in HS.
Most of the people I was friends with when I was a kid, were other kids in my neighborhood and there are not too many of them I keep up with on a regular basis.
Some of the friends from HS are people I knew before HS, but became closer in HS.
Most of the people I was friends with when I was a kid, were other kids in my neighborhood and there are not too many of them I keep up with on a regular basis.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 6:19 pm to Jim Rockford
I only really care about hanging with one friend from college. The little nympho from Luling/ Hahnville who used to sneak over to my place around midnight.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 6:36 pm to Rouge
quote:this is me... very particular about making actual friends... in my adult years, I can count on one hand guys I would actually consider real friends.
friendly with some and friends with very few
Posted on 9/21/18 at 6:36 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
When I was a child I thought as a child. When I became a man I put childish things away.
Grow up.
Grow up.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 6:39 pm to Tiger Ryno
Friendship is now childish.
Damn dude, you're a miserable bastard.
Damn dude, you're a miserable bastard.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 6:41 pm to S
Oh, absolutely, S...that would be grand!
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:12 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
While I can have very good friends, I'll never trust any of them as much as I trust my friends from growing up. I can count on them to do what they say 100% of the time, and I know what they're gonna do before they do it. Friends I've made as I've gotten older....it sort of feels like they're in it for themselves
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:13 pm to LSUgirl4
quote:that and you're annoying
eta: i also lived in a new state every 2 years until college. i went to 3 different high schools. impossible to make long lasting friendships. i’ve been a loner since i was a kid
love you
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:16 pm to OWLFAN86
Owlvis, you're a dick, but you do have a good sense of humor. 
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:21 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I don't really have any friends at 40. At least not any that I see with any regularity.
My lifelong best friend has 4 kids and lives an hour away. We catch up about once per year. Another close friend lives in Dallas. We text each other offensive things, bitch about wives/ex wives and shite like that but rarely ever hang out.
People just kind of go their separate ways when you get a little older and have families.
My lifelong best friend has 4 kids and lives an hour away. We catch up about once per year. Another close friend lives in Dallas. We text each other offensive things, bitch about wives/ex wives and shite like that but rarely ever hang out.
People just kind of go their separate ways when you get a little older and have families.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:22 pm to IonaTiger
quote:my friends have said this about me since kindergarten
Owlvis, you're a dick, but you do have a good sense of humor.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:23 pm to OWLFAN86
See, that's a funny line. 
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:25 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
My four best adult friends are people I’ve known since the 6th grade.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:28 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
People change as they grow older. I have one childhood friend who has been through everything with me and I with her. I’ve learned that you can’t really trust adult friends. Most are only as loyal as it serves them. I’m not that way and have gotten hurt when others were. It’s best just keep my circle tight. Done with the bs.
Posted on 9/21/18 at 7:28 pm to Celery
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A good friendship takes time to cultivate. As adults we generally don’t have the adequate time(because of work, studies, romantic relationships, etc) to dedicate to cultivating deep relationships.
I do think this is the answer. Even when you do find time (say, at work) the windows are never open as long. A few years ago, I had started to become very close with a coworker - we liked the same things, grew up with the same experiences, were at nearly the same point in life/marriage. We had just started hanging out outside of work when he quit and he and his wife moved a thousand miles away for a better job and to be closer to family. Moves like that are always around the corner as an adult.
For all my 20s, everyone I knew was either married with 2-3 kids or single and partying 4 nights a week. Very few people were living like my wife and I - no kids, financially secure, cultured. Now that my old friends and I are hitting the 30 mark and a new batch of us are having kids, I've reconnected with a few.
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