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| Topic Started: Feb 18 2015, 05:15 AM (934 Views) | |
| Dirge | Feb 21 2015, 04:00 AM Post #16 |
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I talk to people at work a lot and joke around and stuff, but I don't really like to take it out of work. I do socialize, I'm just not into building relationships too much. I think I'm just super focused on my everyday life that I don't really feel the need for friendships. Of course, I have some friends here I think. It's a bit different on a forum, I know, but I like posting here. :P I run marathons on my own. I know a lot of the local runners and see them from time to time on my routes, but I don't keep in contact with them outside of races. However, a lot of my family always come out to support me. I'm extremely blessed to have that, it makes me super happy. :P |
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| Miva | Feb 21 2015, 10:10 AM Post #17 |
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Yeah, that's cool. I've never been close with my familly (with the excpetion of my little brother), I love them, but I just wouldnt talk to them about some things. I'm a black sheep on my mums side, loved, but she doesnt really understand me and my interests. My dad and I share a lot more interests, but I oftern find him hard to talk to. And anyway I live so far away from them it's hard to have regular contact. (Also I consider people here to be my friends, I know it's kind of not the same, but also it is in many ways. I share a lot with everyone here and feel I get a lot of support, not to mention have fun. I need IRL friends too, but you guys still count in my eyes.) Edited by Miva, Feb 21 2015, 10:12 AM.
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| cipher | Feb 21 2015, 10:35 PM Post #18 |
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I've known some of you for longer than most of my IRL friends so there's that hahaha. I've become more like friends with my siblings after we've grown up a bit. During childhood being siblings and being friends were a totally separate thing. Now I feel like I'm getting to know them better as people and I've come to like them for their personality and interests rather than the fact that we are related by blood and grew up together. As for my parents I think I've come to dislike them from their personalities and general view of life. If they weren't my parents I would have nothing to do with them. |
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| Silva | Feb 21 2015, 11:18 PM Post #19 |
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I'd draw a distinction between the very broad term "friend" (someone who is friendly and knows you, is as far as I'd take that) and "true friend". A good chat is not a requirement, since there are friends who can be near silent. The wonderful thing about communication is that it isn't limited to words. Something as simple as sitting near someone can be considered friendly. A "true friend", in my opinion, is someone who will actually stand up, speak up and call someone out if they're out to hurt you in some way, even if you're not there to hear them defend you. Someone with real loyalty to you, in other words. Of course, that's not to say they can't call you out. I think another major display of loyalty is having the honesty to say you disagree with something I'm doing and telling me in an appropriate way. Sometimes I think a compelling best reason to make up with people who didn't like you before is because sometimes you'll hear about friends who stood up for you when that person said stuff. It reveals who you can count on, and who deserves the same loyalty back for certain. I'm not sure that I like the phrase "best friend" because it tends to be so exclusive. If I had to use it, I'd define a lot of friends as "equal best". But, those friends are the ones that are still around after the test of time, in my view. The ones who are still interested in how you are doing and there to lend an ear or a hand after years, even after moving away. |
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| Bolt | Feb 22 2015, 02:09 AM Post #20 |
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Silva's post takes a bit from my own thoughts about friends. To be a friend, in my words, it would be someone who goes out of their way to speak to you, get to know you a little bit, and offer to hang around you. They would also be the person to help you with things you may need help on. However, this is best described as "sometimes helpful person". Because they won't be there 24/7, it's quite impossible. The people categorized as a friend are people that haven't earned your full, complete and utter trust just yet because they are still in a pending stage. In this, I determine if they are trustworthy or not, to have faith in no matter what, and that what I do, they won't judge me for who I am. For a true friend, these are the people you can tell anything to without being judged. They will tell you straight up what you're doing is wrong and do everything in their might to make you fix/change it. They are the ones who help you when you're struggling, like if you need a ride or need to borrow money or something. They do it without a second thought and don't care if you pay them back or not because, "that's what friends are for" is what they live by, and viceversa. You trust them completely and they trust you completely. These true friends and you can crack jokes about one another without being offended. You don't always go everywhere together but that's not to say they won't. These people are on the line of "thicker than blood" they are the family member you wish you had in your life. The brother/sister you've always wanted. You guys respect one another and have total faith in. Hopefully, this isn't tl;dr. Edited by Bolt, Feb 22 2015, 02:09 AM.
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