Correct me if I'm wrong...
Because, maybe, just maybe I am.
First off, let's just start off with a little background. I wouldn't necessarily describe myself as a 'people person'. In fact, aside from the fact that the human race pisses me off to no end, and I'm actually really, really shy despite how I carry myself. (I think I have a bit of social anxiety. You should see me before I have to walk into a room and talk to someone new. I pace and sweat and shit...)
Anyways, moving on from that and keeping that in mind, despite the fact that I'm not a huge 'people person', I still enjoy making friends. I might not be a social butterfly, but my friends are massively important to me. I enjoy not only spending time with them, but getting to know then, and letting them get to know me.
And I thought that was a good thing.
I always thought it was a good thing to be able to discover more about people and let them discover more about yourself. I think of me and my bestie Erin. I've known her for ... seven years this August -little squeal of delight-. And while I don't know everything about her, and she doesn't know every single detail about me, there's still a lot that we do know about each other, and to me, that makes our encounters and interactions that much more enjoyable. And to this day, I still love discovering more and more about her.
It's fun.
It's what friends are supposed to do, right?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I need to know every single thing about a person. But over years and years, I'd like to get to know them better and not keep them at an arm's distance. That's part of forming a lasting bond with a person. Letting them in and letting them closer to you, right?
But apparently, I'm wrong. Apparently, that's not needed to form a friendship (or at least not with me, according to some *eye roll* -long story-). Apparently, you can still be wonderful friends with a person and know jack shit about them. And maybe, maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I don't think that's right.
I don't think that friend's know nothing about each other. I don't think that's friendship. That's just being a surface friend, an acquaintance. And those, for sure are not the same.
I like making friends with a person, my friends are like my family, and I value them deeply. So if I seek to call you my friend, I want to get to know you like I do my family. I want to understand more and more about you, because it keeps each new adventure with us fresh and fascinating. If not, then everything becomes kinda... weak. Kind of pointless and boring after a time.
Right?
First off, let's just start off with a little background. I wouldn't necessarily describe myself as a 'people person'. In fact, aside from the fact that the human race pisses me off to no end, and I'm actually really, really shy despite how I carry myself. (I think I have a bit of social anxiety. You should see me before I have to walk into a room and talk to someone new. I pace and sweat and shit...)
Anyways, moving on from that and keeping that in mind, despite the fact that I'm not a huge 'people person', I still enjoy making friends. I might not be a social butterfly, but my friends are massively important to me. I enjoy not only spending time with them, but getting to know then, and letting them get to know me.
And I thought that was a good thing.
I always thought it was a good thing to be able to discover more about people and let them discover more about yourself. I think of me and my bestie Erin. I've known her for ... seven years this August -little squeal of delight-. And while I don't know everything about her, and she doesn't know every single detail about me, there's still a lot that we do know about each other, and to me, that makes our encounters and interactions that much more enjoyable. And to this day, I still love discovering more and more about her.
It's fun.
It's what friends are supposed to do, right?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I need to know every single thing about a person. But over years and years, I'd like to get to know them better and not keep them at an arm's distance. That's part of forming a lasting bond with a person. Letting them in and letting them closer to you, right?
But apparently, I'm wrong. Apparently, that's not needed to form a friendship (or at least not with me, according to some *eye roll* -long story-). Apparently, you can still be wonderful friends with a person and know jack shit about them. And maybe, maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I don't think that's right.
I don't think that friend's know nothing about each other. I don't think that's friendship. That's just being a surface friend, an acquaintance. And those, for sure are not the same.
I like making friends with a person, my friends are like my family, and I value them deeply. So if I seek to call you my friend, I want to get to know you like I do my family. I want to understand more and more about you, because it keeps each new adventure with us fresh and fascinating. If not, then everything becomes kinda... weak. Kind of pointless and boring after a time.
Right?