I'm going to respond to your reply because my comment was in a similar vein. I was thinking about how I've resigned myself to not finding my "tribe" per se. I never know who my friends will be. Like I might meet someone who shares a lot of similar interests and values but there is just no connection. Conversely, many of my friends (like …
I'm going to respond to your reply because my comment was in a similar vein. I was thinking about how I've resigned myself to not finding my "tribe" per se. I never know who my friends will be. Like I might meet someone who shares a lot of similar interests and values but there is just no connection. Conversely, many of my friends (like you have alluded to) don't share the same interests etc. I just keep being me and have found a few true friends along the way.
I've found the same thing, Renée. I also really enjoy solitude so I'm not one of those people that collects crowds. I'd rather have a few close friends with a sprinkling of others that I see intermittently and a lot more time with my loved ones or alone.
Same. I actually feel grateful that I have lost or outgrown friends - I don't have to pretend to be "normal" anymore. But I've found some good weirdos in work collegues, and my partner, and even online. I love getting razzed about not reading my son's report card because he was like me - what the heck is most of this stuff, anyway? And oh boy, I've lost friends over not being appreciative of the education system, or rather, critical of it (of basically of all these rat shaping instiutions)) and I have to say done in an honest kind way, transmuted anger if that makes sense. I hope we all find our tribes as we navigate sometimes murky waters. There's one here, for sure!
I'm going to respond to your reply because my comment was in a similar vein. I was thinking about how I've resigned myself to not finding my "tribe" per se. I never know who my friends will be. Like I might meet someone who shares a lot of similar interests and values but there is just no connection. Conversely, many of my friends (like you have alluded to) don't share the same interests etc. I just keep being me and have found a few true friends along the way.
I've found the same thing, Renée. I also really enjoy solitude so I'm not one of those people that collects crowds. I'd rather have a few close friends with a sprinkling of others that I see intermittently and a lot more time with my loved ones or alone.
Same. I actually feel grateful that I have lost or outgrown friends - I don't have to pretend to be "normal" anymore. But I've found some good weirdos in work collegues, and my partner, and even online. I love getting razzed about not reading my son's report card because he was like me - what the heck is most of this stuff, anyway? And oh boy, I've lost friends over not being appreciative of the education system, or rather, critical of it (of basically of all these rat shaping instiutions)) and I have to say done in an honest kind way, transmuted anger if that makes sense. I hope we all find our tribes as we navigate sometimes murky waters. There's one here, for sure!