The older you get, the more difficult it becomes to meet new people.
Life gets in the way as we readily become victims to routine, and as old friendships fade, it isn't always so easy to replace them. It is a sad fact that once you have left the social circus of education, and secured yourself stable employment, you simply do not encounter the situations whereby making new friends is easily done; we do not move in new circles very often.
Instead we soon grow accustomed to seeing the same faces every day, and detesting the idea of pushing ourselves into uncomfortable environments to meet new people through fear of looking like charity cases begging for friends, or simply because we do not have the time.
It is inevitable old friendships will wilt, because as we grow up our passions develop, and often our common interests become maligned. We spend more and more time focusing on sorting out our own lives, and less time worrying about other peoples; it becomes a chore to maintain non-reciprocated efforts and ultimately we throw in the white towel.
Perhaps I have become overly harsh lately, and allowed too many people to simply walk out of my life without making a fuss; then again, perhaps if they were worth keeping in my life, they wouldn't have left so effortlessly? Regardless, I'm sure I'll be amused by most of the people sending me birthday messages tomorrow who don't even bother to speak to me any other day of the year, simply because social convention dictates they should offer their hollow regards.
They say you can count your real friends on one hand; sometimes I think they're overestimating.
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Life gets in the way as we readily become victims to routine, and as old friendships fade, it isn't always so easy to replace them. It is a sad fact that once you have left the social circus of education, and secured yourself stable employment, you simply do not encounter the situations whereby making new friends is easily done; we do not move in new circles very often.
Instead we soon grow accustomed to seeing the same faces every day, and detesting the idea of pushing ourselves into uncomfortable environments to meet new people through fear of looking like charity cases begging for friends, or simply because we do not have the time.
It is inevitable old friendships will wilt, because as we grow up our passions develop, and often our common interests become maligned. We spend more and more time focusing on sorting out our own lives, and less time worrying about other peoples; it becomes a chore to maintain non-reciprocated efforts and ultimately we throw in the white towel.
Perhaps I have become overly harsh lately, and allowed too many people to simply walk out of my life without making a fuss; then again, perhaps if they were worth keeping in my life, they wouldn't have left so effortlessly? Regardless, I'm sure I'll be amused by most of the people sending me birthday messages tomorrow who don't even bother to speak to me any other day of the year, simply because social convention dictates they should offer their hollow regards.
They say you can count your real friends on one hand; sometimes I think they're overestimating.
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