It hurts being lonely. I feel that the last 3 years I have been in isolation. With more and more friends growing apart as you age, I never felt so disconnected from others than I do now.
I grew a lot as a person in this city, but what hurts is that the little friends I had left here, only 1 asked to make arrangements before I go. I did ask other friends to see them or to tell them when I’m free, but they don’t seem interested, and I won’t ask again. This is painful. Just a realislzation I already knew. This is devastating and humiliating.
It hurts being this lonely.
It’s not the quantity but the quality. One good friend is better than 10 or even 100 acquaintances. I can count the number of true friends I have on a single hand and I wouldn’t swap them for any amount of “friends” that don’t give 2 shits about me and just want to “hang out”.
Be happy you made a friend who cares and cherish it.
Agreed. I have about 10 really good friends. I have thousands of other acquaintances, people I know and like, and friends who aren’t as involved.
Those ten are worth all the rest all by themselves.