In your opinion or experience

@Dusty101 Thanks. You seem nice enough, so I dont see why your friends disappear on you.

@NewKidInTown ok I have one best friend who has been my rock since I was 17.
I reconnected with two school pals 6 years ago.
And that dwindled. I don't see them anymore.
I keep my work colleagues at work.
On here I have 3 or 4 close friends... some have left so that is why I said it's hard to keep them.
I enjoy being alone and I am a lot of the time. Which is fine. I do have a big personality but I can get overwhelmed in big groups of people. So that's really it. And I have no idea why the girls friendship from school dwindled it did hurt. But I'm not allowing it to hurt me anymore.

@Dusty101 Thank you for sharing all of that. It's really difficult keeping friendships from childhood. I think it's because people can change so much as theu get older, and the things you had in common as kids aren't enough to keep you together. I recently made the decision to cut ties with couple of highschool friends. When I say cut ties, I mean I won't be making any effort to see or contact them, as they never seem to make the effort themselves. Maybe they have already made the decision to sever ties themselves. Life is too short to try to be with people who don't want to be with you.

@SW-User Adding a face to the conversation is always preferable, especially the eyes.
And yes, don't get me started on how often my dry sense of humour fell flat or was misinterpreted 😁

@NewKidInTown
😂I get you

@SW-User I know you do :)

@Teachocolate Pourquoi?

@SW-User I wonder what that stems from?

@NewKidInTown ummm🤔 I’m mentally fkd up??!!

@SW-User That would do it
😆

@JustNik So....we wouldn't be friends irl?
Pshaw!

@NewKidInTown sure we would. But it would be all your fault. LOL

@JustNik If you have to blame it one something , Blame it On the Rain!

@SW-User I agree it's easier to read someone in person, more visual clues, body language.
I can usually tell if someone is lying if their nose starts to grow.

@Starbursteffect All very good points. You can never underestimate the energy you feel from someone, and whether it is positive or negative.

@JordanAlorow Ah, that is a good point. Some people are easier to read, or just put it "out there" more easily than others.

I ve met really awesome people both online and also in real life. Wakcos exist in both realms as well. I try to keep an open mind to anyone really.

@JordanAlorow you really do, even though tjat can be difficult. Instead of physical first impressions, online I find usernames or profile pics are the first impression.

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether weird is the new normal :)

@NewKidInTown Thanks :)
The thing is all the cool people I know exist online only, I have a few close online friends who know a lot of things about me and secrets that even my rl best friend know nothing about and in my situation those secrets can't be shared at least not now.

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether Funny how that is sometimes, we share online what we wouldn't irl. And yes, there are a few cool people here :)

@SweetMae That's understandable. What makes you nervous in person?

@NewKidInTown Past experiences.

@SweetMae Once burned, twice shy kind of thing.

@monte3 That can happen in person as well, though the ability to deceive is much greater online, I agree.

@pagandad why?

@pagandad very true

@bijouxbroussard I would have to agree. I haven't found you to be shy at all :)