people who like to make new friends...

...seem great at first when you meet them.

Then they move on to the next friend, and the next, and the next. You can no longer even get their attention.

Like going through one stick of gum after another, and then the next pack, and so on.

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twas a little more effective under as its more aptly titled 'people who like to meet new people' thread.

definiens, definiendum.

 

Or maybe: People you think like to make new friends but just like to meet people.



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this happens on forums too

so many people I want to know more about but so many new ones coming in that its easy to forget about the old ones and after a while people drift away

 

Hmmm relationship "shop-a-holics" where it's not the thrill of having but of getting.

 

I am leery of new people in my life...even cynical...I pick and choose very carefully....

 

why?

 

I know what you mean... what with deteriorating manufacturing standards it's too easy to get factory seconds these days.

 

So am I.

For this reason ^


I'm not usually keen on people who are into meeting new people constantly, or trying to be friends with you. In my personal experience they usually just want to get to know you to see what's going on in your life (perhaps to see if it's any better or worse than theirs), not you as a person.

Most of the good friends I've had I hated first. I usually just let things go the way they'll go, I don't try to force anything.

 

Don't be fooled by cheap imitations.

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Hey now....

 

I don't know about this one. I have had acquaintances that I am friendly with that come and go. Usually because of circumstances more than anything else.

Friends are a little different. Once I have a friendship with someone it usually is a really long term thing. Sometimes the amount of time we spend might be different than 20 years ago but that is usually mutually agreeable.

I have friends that I have had since high school and I have those that I have met along the way in life and each one of them are still important to me.

 

this happens to me a lot too.

i've actually noticed a bit of a pattern: i generally hate most people i don't know, then as i get to know them a bit, i start to really like them. then as i get to know them well i start to hate them again.

 

Ha, I notice the same thing.

 

Fortunately for me, I'm factory thirds, so I don't feel insulted.

 

I think one of the big transitions from high school/university to adulthood is the changing definition of how friends act towards each other.

 

that's an interesting way of looking at it.^

 

Same kind of problems everyone faces.

Easier to keep friends that are in your day to day lives or closer to home.

As for getting on, in the end best of putting in that effort with people that are like you



Also, diito for me the kind of thing Luna and Undies said, usually the ones I end up getting on with are ones I hated first off