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In reply to the discussion: Engineered friendships [View all]

BlueIris

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3. When I first read this thread title, I thought it was going to be about
Sun Mar 11, 2012, 08:54 PM
Mar 2012

the incredibly shallow, artificial motives many people have for "choosing" their friends, and the b.s. categories they put their "friends" into. (Ie; the friend they hook up with for bar hopping, the friend they use as a drug dealer, the friend they shop with, the one who helps them with their marital issues, etc.)

I've never had a friend try to engineer a friendship for me, but I've grown completely fed up with people who insist people need to have a vast friendship group to be successful. I have friends. I also have myself. This is good enough. Would be even if I had no friends.

But I'm sure everyone here understands that.

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