La amistad

[hihlordjp]

I wrote this on Allan's (ethnicans) journal:

[...] I think I've wasted too much time pretending to be an introvert. Maybe I'm just imagining I am one because now I see that I want to get to know more people. But [...] time is running out

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[p_ugs]

it's a timeless dilemma: do i want a huge group of friends that i know average about, or do i want a small group of friends that i REALLY know? i think we can have the best of both worlds... there's no reason not to have a huge group of friends that you can become close to one person at a time. :)

[hihlordjp]

You could be right; I could just be wrongly dichotomizing the two when they really shouldn't be. But it seems impossible. Perhaps, if I must be forced to choose, I'd choose "quality over quantity". Of course, no one and nothing is forcing me to choose. But the challenge looks insurmountable.

[ethnicans]

what cielo said is what leo told me a while ago also. but then again, there always degrees to closeness, even among close friends. the extremes (like a siamese twin of a best friend) would show the trade-offs clearly

[hihlordjp]

I'd like a Siamese twin of a best friend... But I wouldn't want the relationship to be exclusive, of course. Right now, I'm trying to up that degree of closeness with the friends I already consider close.