I have always had good friends. Not too many, a few, but they are the best of friends. In my early teens, I had a tough time making friends. Everyone seemed so different from me. Not many shared my hobbies and interests(I indulged in excessive reading, was a loner etc) and I have but a couple of them to call friends from school! As I grew into my late teens, it was a breeze to make friends. Few of my best friends for life have been from my late teens/college. As I grew older, (hopefully wiser) and entered the cut throat corporate environment, I realised there was no one to call friend for a long time. My roomies were my only friends and others were friends when it was comfortable. But even then, I did make a few good ones. It is the late twenties that I find most difficult to handle so far. In the last 5 years that I moved to my present city, I have hardly made any new friends. I mean, I have acquaintances, but no ‘friends’! Does that shock you? I have tried hanging out with different kinds of people, but haven’t found that comfort level with anyone yet. So are the late twenties worse than teens in terms of a social life?
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Shilpa I went through this same phase at around the same age, but today I have some very good, and very cherishable friends…
Everybody says we make best friends when we are young, but I have made friends, very good friends even very recently.
And then you have blogging friends also!
I don’t think age matters when it comes to making friends.
Oh I do hope that happens. I think I am in a phase where I feel like I am not young enough nor old enough for a lot of eligible friends!
And speaking of blogging friends, yes I do have some virtual friends!
Hi!!! I can identify with you…I went through the same phase as you…I also think its harder to make friends when one is older because one is less flexible…All my friends are from college…
And here I was thinking I was the weird one!
Hmm interesting point… but I guess I have a better social life and lesser new friends since I started working. Perhaps a sign of how shallow we become at times in the so called corporate world !
And thanks again for carrying the link on your page.
ashishandradhika I agree about being shallow. I feel I do not express myself as freely as I would have even 3 years ago.
Shilpa, I can identify with you. I went through some heartaches and backstabbing myself but everytime it helped me to grow. It is tough to find real friends. I have a lot of hi-bye friends but I also have a small group of friends all of whom might not be near me but I know they are thinking about me and care just like I do. I have always believed in quality than quantity.
It is very important to have a 4:00 am friend. May be just 1 but still.
I agree with Bones that with each passing year it is difficult to make new friends because it is more difficult to adjust and fit into a new group. Also, you don’t have the energy to keep up with everyone.
I like that. hi-bye friends and 4:00am friends. Also, the lack of energy part. I definitely feel like I have less patience for random socializing with no motive at all….is that selfish? I don’t know!
BTW Shilpa, I love reading you. Going to blogroll you now.
Thanks Solilo, the feelings are returned!
Wordpress definitely helped me get my blog out to a lot of people!