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Aww can i be your friend
You can drive and I’ll take a Citibike
Chief
People who genuinely like you and want to hang out will reach out. If they don’t then they don’t care about you so drop them.
When I get overwhelmed in work or life the first thing to suffer is my response time to friend texts/messages/DMs. Sometimes I just don’t have the mental space to respond and it is NOT a reflection of them at all
Conversation Starter
As an introvert, I find it absolutely exhausting to talk to these people and constantly being “on” so I come off as friendly / likable but I just feel so alone. Most of my friends are now in serious relationships (hence me trying to find new single friends and not getting any responses) or far away (California! Italy! Costa Rica).
Right there with you friend. Lost most of my friends over time because this is what it came to, but will still be blamed for not reaching out enough. It goes both ways and those are not the people we should want to be around!
Absolutely. It constantly makes me think, “am I crazy or really just the only one that sees what’s going on here”
We do not have control of the environment we are in when we are young. Those friends will inevitably drift away as we grow up. We'll make lots of acquaintances along the way but you can count the REAL friends on the fingers of one hand.
Chief
When did you ask them?
I plan my weekends at least 2 weeks out. Plan stuff in advance. I think it's as simple as that.
Conversation Starter
I texted people maybe a week in advance? The other thing was the initial people I reached out to didn’t respond and I gave them a 48 hour grace period… pushing back my outreach to other people. Maybe I was delusional to think people wanted to hangout but I didn’t want to overcommit myself and be running from bar to bar or coffee shop to coffee shop
Rising Star
I think you need to give people more notice for meeting up at weekends. Why don't you give some of the other people who reach out to you a chance? They may turn out to be reasonable friendship material.
Conversation Starter
I tried planning a group of people getting together to see a baseball game with three weeks notice. Picked out seats, etc. and I couldn’t make it happen. I genuinely think it must be me.
Let’s explore city on Citi bike. If want to become friends DMs are open
This is why most people just have 1-3 best friends
I’m feeling this lately. The pandemic happened and suddenly none of my friends ever contact me. I try reaching out occasionally and they don’t reciprocate really. It makes it feel personal