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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-06-05 06:42 pm

[ SECRET POST #1981 ]


⌈ Secret Post #1981 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2012-06-06 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry to say, anon, but there is a very slim chance that that will work. I didn't make any permanent friends offline in all my time at university, and the closest thing to friends I generally had in any of my classes were people I was working on projects with or regularly lab partners with, or in some of my small field courses there would be a few people who would talk to me regularly.

I don't blame anyone for this, obviously, I'm just terrible at reaching out offline and continuing to reach out in a way that cultivates sustained friendships. I worry about bothering people, but also if I really think about it, I'm also a pretty solitary person who doesn't really need a lot of friends.

However, if you ARE a person who really does want more friends, and not just someone who thinks you should have more because that's what 'normal' are supposed to do right? Then you are probably going to have to find a way to put yourself out there in a more active fashion. I would suggest seeing if your campus has any clubs or events that you'd be interested in. That way you'd be put in immediate contact with other people that you KNOW share at least this one interest with you, and you'd have a location where you could continue to meet them and potentially cultivate a friendship.

not op

(Anonymous) 2012-06-06 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
However, if you ARE a person who really does want more friends, and not just someone who thinks you should have more because that's what 'normal' are supposed to do right?

This is something important to consider as well. I kept trying to make lots and lots of friends through all my adolescence until I realized that I could barely handle more than two or three friends at a time (and three is still bordering on a bit too much). But that's just me (and anon above). Everyone has different emotional needs, despite what society or media might say.

Re: not op

(Anonymous) 2012-06-07 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
High-five, solitary anon! It actually took me until university and a period where I looked around and went 'OMG why can I not connect with any of these people like everyone else, what is wrong with meee' and got upset about that for awhile until I realized... you know, what? I'm pretty damn content with just my two childhood friends and my online buddies and my family! I love hanging out with them, but frankly if I had many more friends than that, I'd start losing the alone time that's necessary for my sanity!

And then I was happy again. :)

Re: not op

(Anonymous) 2012-06-08 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Same here, pretty much. :)