3D Friends

[lainiefig]

Duck, I looked at your avatar and if people don't approach you, maybe it's because you're smokin' hot.

I know I have trouble approaching other moms who are more attractive or at least more "with it" looking than I am. How silly is that?

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[sittinduck]

You guys are funny...so now I have alist of friends (yep a list) and you're on it.. I think that is a very nice compliment. Although I do not feel that way. But maybe I will take that with me at least for the rest of this day... duck

 

[Stephanie0523]

My best friend is my DH. Neither one of us have many close friends other than each other. We finish each other's sentences, can read each other's sighs and never fight. I have a very good friend who lives three hours away, whom I never see since we moved here. I miss doing girl things with her like shopping, geting manicures, talking about our kids and husbands and general gossip. Men don't really like to talk about those things, and I think that sometimes I bore my DH to tears when I do. That's why I am SOOOOO glad I found you guys.

 

[story1267]

Shelley, you seem to have hit on something pretty deep here. I've always found it difficult to have a circle of friends. As a kid my Dad was in the military and we moved all the time and I was always the wrong kind of kid. Then, on top of that, I'm pretty shy. I often don't want to talk to people I don't already know so that gets to be a challenge!

I dread things like cocktail parties.

On the other hand, when I was dating and married to my X, he had a group of guy friends who I enjoyed and I tell people that I "got" them in the divorce. I'll still sometimes meet up with them. But they aren't exactly close.

I do have one friend from high school who I see more than anyone else but we will still go weeks and weeks without contact.

I too am fortunate that I consider my SO my best friend. He's the one I want to be with or talk to at the end of each day.

Excellent post and an interesting view into friendship today. Since I found this forum I've felt a little less lonely and a little more suppported. Even if I don't post about something, just to see some familiar names and get a laugh or do some thinking or get some info.

 

[nancy324]

I am in the boat right next to you, Shelley.

I've met a lot of people I'd like to be friends with, but if I had to guess, I'd say my high maintenance, persnickety, competitive, irritable personality keeps them away. Thank goodness I found my DH, who may be the only person on earth who can deal with me!