But I'm genuinely curious if this thought comes from true conviction, or is it self-consolation?
Or is it that when you say 'most of my friends', there are 'some' that are genuinely good friends, and so you wouldn't mind putting up with a few fair weathered friends as well, only for the cheer they bring?
Or is it that somewhere down the line, you decided to scale down your criteria for qualifying a relationship as friendship (something I had to do) out of disillusionment (a harsher term for 'learning' in life)? None of these questions are rhetorical. They're genuine doubts. :)
Also, I've been noticing a trend in your posts and comments of greater profundity! Had I missed this profundity in the past posts, or is it only being revealed more frequently of late?
Whichever way you look at it, above paragraph contains a compliment! :)
BTW, I'd responded to your comment on my 'God, religion, atheism, morality'-post.
Well I guess it is both conviction and consolation but at the end of the day my expectation is that I will have 'friends' for a period of time and then we will lose touch and by that point I'd have new 'friends' and the cycle repeats. It's just the way things are. And I am comfortable with it. I do have a few really good friends but I like knowing a lot of people (which is not how I used to be before) and I realize that to know a lot of people you either can't know them too long or know them too well and I am fine with that.
Also maybe 'fair-weather friends' isn't the perfect term but I mean friends who aren't around for ever and ever.
Well I don't believe I'd ever have one best friend. It's not about any disillusionment or anything but more about my personality. I don't know if I have scaled down my criteria for what gets defined as a friendship because I honestly don't believe that I must have a strong relationship with everyone.
Basically I mean the position of 'friend' is open and people just get placed and replace in that position.
Well one mans deep is another man's shallow :P But it's not about a trend as much as what I am choosing to write about. Most of my well thought through thoughts will sound 'profound' but generally I either don't bother mentioning them (unless some incident triggers the thought) or more likely I am saying things that you already agree with and therefore find to be appealing in a way.
Thanks for the compliment :)
I did read your response. Waiting to read the link and then maybe re-comment.
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Wow! Good for you!
But I'm genuinely curious if this thought comes from true conviction, or is it self-consolation?
Or is it that when you say 'most of my friends', there are 'some' that are genuinely good friends, and so you wouldn't mind putting up with a few fair weathered friends as well, only for the cheer they bring?
Or is it that somewhere down the line, you decided to scale down your criteria for qualifying a relationship as friendship (something I had to do) out of disillusionment (a harsher term for 'learning' in life)? None of these questions are rhetorical. They're genuine doubts. :)
Also, I've been noticing a trend in your posts and comments of greater profundity! Had I missed this profundity in the past posts, or is it only being revealed more frequently of late?
Whichever way you look at it, above paragraph contains a compliment! :)
BTW, I'd responded to your comment on my 'God, religion, atheism, morality'-post.
TC.
Well I guess it is both conviction and consolation but at the end of the day my expectation is that I will have 'friends' for a period of time and then we will lose touch and by that point I'd have new 'friends' and the cycle repeats. It's just the way things are. And I am comfortable with it. I do have a few really good friends but I like knowing a lot of people (which is not how I used to be before) and I realize that to know a lot of people you either can't know them too long or know them too well and I am fine with that.
Also maybe 'fair-weather friends' isn't the perfect term but I mean friends who aren't around for ever and ever.
Well I don't believe I'd ever have one best friend. It's not about any disillusionment or anything but more about my personality. I don't know if I have scaled down my criteria for what gets defined as a friendship because I honestly don't believe that I must have a strong relationship with everyone.
Basically I mean the position of 'friend' is open and people just get placed and replace in that position.
Well one mans deep is another man's shallow :P But it's not about a trend as much as what I am choosing to write about. Most of my well thought through thoughts will sound 'profound' but generally I either don't bother mentioning them (unless some incident triggers the thought) or more likely I am saying things that you already agree with and therefore find to be appealing in a way.
Thanks for the compliment :)
I did read your response. Waiting to read the link and then maybe re-comment.
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