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Being a good friend

How do you do it? How do you make genuine friendships at almost 30 years old? I haven’t spoken to anyone that would call me a friend in months, nor have they reached out to check in (or vice versa) so all I do is interact with them through a like on a tweet or something.

I want to be a good friend too, but I just feel so one dimensional as a person that I just invalidate my own value as a friend. I feel like I can't hold a conversation with someone if it doesn’t have to do with something I’m interested in or something I can relate to, all I’m truly interested in are gaming and the gaming industry, movies, anime, and music. I also feel that being interested in only those things makes me childish, but I simply cannot hold a conversation about anything like world topics or politics. I [b][i]AM[/i][/b] informed about such issues, but you couldn’t get a good discussion out of me about any of it.
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RosaMarie · 41-45, F
Be honest. Always. With others and yourself.

Be aware. By this I mean listen and watch people around you. Read the room. Don't one up people. Don't say or do things that make others uncomfortable.

Be reliable.

Treat everyone with respect. That word is... Complicated. I wish we had two words. There is the basic respect we should all give each other. Human to human. Do that all the time. Then there is the respect that's earned. At work, that can be the respect of a person with high skills. Or a person who's always got time to listen and offer good advice. That you don't owe everyone and no one owes it to you. Lean, understand, and practice that difference and don't confuse the two.