How many friends do you have?

They're cool to look at. .

 

Oh, to get back to the thread, I don't have lots of friends but I have a few, very close friends that mean the world to me..

 

1 and 2 and another too. I guess that makes three, or are the three really a one? In the end, I have a friend and so do you _ _.

 

Me too ...

The arrow art is very informative. The up and downs, the side to sides, the many homes, and the tree's outside. ... also a buck up and a doe below, and they're even on the right you know, so … An X not two, and below the same is true. Like an hourglass and turned inside out, where all the sands of time come out, and with a beginning and to the end, I'd say it all come to a single friend, yet with the one are many more, but the more is one like always before.

 

Great post....So many interesting members on this site..

 

I've noticed that. How I arrived here, hip to the hip wasn't foreseen, nor were the nice warm greetings once I got here. I like it I must say, so maybe just maybe I'll decide to stay. Sometimes it's just good to know "You've got a friend" . Great song too. You know ... James Taylor and like bailey's Irish cream, and like Crème De Cocoa, and Kahlua too, It amazes me what a friend can do.

 

Lots of casual friends who would help me if I called on them, but six real close friends, men and women, who would stand by me without question.

 

You should stay.. You bring an interesting perspective on things..
BTW, My dad loved JT(sorry, not trying to make you feel old) and I love that song he did, Long Ago and Far Way..

 

Back again with a bit of a grin. I do enjoy it here, so … What do you think I might do? I won't tell you but I think you know. Have a nice day, or better than nice if you want it that way.

 

You're a cool guy...enjoy your weekend and keep posting. .

 

How many friends do I have here or in real life? There's only two or three I talk to here on a day-to-day basis. One Facebook friend is very good to me. I met her here in 2008. She's no longer at this site, however. There's one other old member from here on Facebook, but she's never on. Deidre here is wonderful!

In real life? I'm staying with a friend of 30 years now in Middletown. That's been going on since mid-August. Some friends are former coworkers from either Walmart or my supermarket Deli job. There's nobody I presently talk to from school time in Maine. So now ya all know!

 

eh, meeting talkative people isn't really the issue anyway. if you're talking to a stranger, either you're meeting someone new and interesting, or you don't care to meet them and you can just be rude about it and nobody cares. i think this is really just another one of those small town gripes, because the problem comes up when you're trying to buy groceries and every other person you walk past wants to talk to you about work.

 

Yeah I think more what Mel meant to but I think 6 meant strangers.

I just tell people I know who want to stop and chat that I'm in a hurry for some reason.. Someone is waiting for me, the oven is on, etc.

 

I used to be horrified if strangers tried to talk to me. I would immediately think to myself "how am i going to get out of this conversation?" I don't mind it so much now--people are usually just friendly and trying to connect with someone.

 

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I might get that thought too, but im rarely horrified. I just act upon that thought like i have no obligation; which i haven't. But I also think i keep such interactions short without being rude. I don't live by the rule that you can just be rude to a stranger and nobody cares. I only get rude if they get unpleasantly bothersome.

 

this one would not work for me. my inability to cook is well known.

 

I would get more suspicious than anything. Like, why is this person talking to me? Does this person know me from somewhere? Am i being set up for a scam or robbery? etc. Maybe because around here people don't randomly talk with strangers. Instead we greet each other with a head nod or a "whats up" then go on about our day. I remember when i moved south i thought it weird that people were friendly to me, a random stranger. People greeted each other in a much more friendlier manner.

 

Yeah, it depends on the situation. I don't live in a particularly friendly area, either (actually, many would describe it as one of the rudest places in the US). In a grocery store I wouldn't be suspicious, but I would be leery if it happened while I was walking on the street alone.

 

I'm in central CT. Boston and NYC are both 2 hours and change away, depending on traffic and mode of transportation. I've never met anybody from this forum while on the road anywhere. My longtime friend who I met here is in Virginia. I don't think anybody else here is from the Land Of Lamont (Connecticut). It would be so cool to me if somebody was. Ah well! Back to reality.

 

Got curious so i looked up rudest U.S. cities.