Do you have any friends?

[Anonymous]

I’m asking because i don’t have any. i don’t feel close enough to anyone to become friends. Even though we are close physically, i feel like there is a big emotional and mental distance between me and people. Is there anyone who feels the same way?

[SueShe]

I do have a number of friends but very few. They can be counted on the fingers of one hand but only because I have high expectations of said friends.

I do not befriend people just because they want to be friends with me. I need to know those people for a very long time (10+ years) before I can call them my friends. They will need to prove that they are worthy of my friendship by not betraying me. That is also why I will never give any confidential information to my friends, simply because you cannot trust a person 100% not to divulge information that was meant to be confidential.

I will not befriend any males because I have come to realize that they are only interested in the one thing, mainly in my age group and that is something I am not willing to give.

[EmmaMary]

Fortunately I have many close friends, both male and female... I also have numerous acquaintances.

[EmmaMary]

Thank you for the MHO.

[Levin]

I have friends, but there's not any at the moment where I can truly open up with them. I used to have a friend who I could do so, but we'd never see each other in person so I called it quits.

[Zylos]

Yeah, I have some friends. I am not always good at opening up. Do you feel capable of being open and honest and yourself in your relationships?

[Asker]

Whenever i open up to someone, i feel like i’m misunderstood or not understood. So i stopped it. Actually i’m open, honest but not in everthing for certain reasons. I think my problem is that i can’t have close bonds with people.

[Zylos]

What kind of people are you hanging out with? Because some people are just poor listeners and will not really hear what you are saying and just keep talking about what is on their own mind.

[Zylos]

It could also be that you feel out of place in the kinds of groups you are part of. Like, for example, if I was hanging out with a lot of athletes, I think I would feel alienated, because that competitive spirit and obsession with sports is not something I share.

[capriVib]

I have friends but I can’t keep them. New ones keep coming and my connection with the old ones fades.

[jjj101010]

It can certainly be hard, happy to talk if that helps?

[Asker]

I don’t think anything helps.

[jjj101010]

I’m sorry you feel that way. I think it would be worth finding some people with similar interests

[wkhan_87]

Yess, I have a lot of friends.
We all are open together

[sinestro23]

nopeee i love being alone

[Iron_Man]

They live far away now