... and I’m not getting any younger. I need to start hanging onto the friends I’ve got, being more attentive, and creating a “chosen” family of peers.
I’m totally at a loss on how to do this. I know I’m not the best friend in the world, but I also feel like I’ve mostly befriended people who are even worse than I am. I’ve worked really hard to maintain some of my friendships, and never felt my efforts really reciprocated. Where do people find those lifelong, got-your-back, always-there-for-you kind of pals? Or, what’s more, a whole GROUP of them?! It seems like the Holy Grail, and yet so many people seem to have them. What do you have to do to find and keep these kinds of relationships? Is it just luck of the draw? Do you talk to your friends about this, or does it just sort of happen over time? It’s a mystery to me…
