Why is it so hard to have friends who don't just abandon you the minute you have a rough time?

There have been many times when I have looked around me and thought, wow, I have a really good support network....but it's not real. People are all talk it seems.

Maybe I just don't know what people want 🤷‍♀️ Just the good bits, it seems.

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SwampFlower · 31-35, F

Most people want the world without giving it in return. So stop giving the world to people. It will at least even the playing field a bit and make you less depleted.

KuroNeko · 41-45, F

@SwampFlower at the beginning you tend to feel like you are in a give and take situation with people. You have to give to someone on the off chance that it might lead somewhere good.

SwampFlower · 31-35, F

@KuroNeko That's true. It's just way too easy to overextend yourself for people.

KuroNeko · 41-45, F

@SwampFlower yes it is.