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I am 17 years old and don't have many close friends,and my mom said that it takes a while before you become friends with someone. Do you agree? Does it take a while for you to become friends with someone or do you become friends with people quick?
I consider people friends fairly quickly. But sometimes (quite a few times actually) I realize later on that I don't want to be friends with them (whether it be that we don't hit it off, or I can sense they don't want to be my friend, or they do something that shows they're not a true friend). There are also some people that I used to enjoy spending time with but not anymore. Something like that happened recently.
I guess you could say it's easy for me to consider someone a friend, but it's also easy for me to stop thinking of someone as a friend.
I think that it does take longer to be friends or consider someone as your friend, but it doesn't take that long to consider someone as an acquaintance. I consider most people I've met in life as part of the acquaintance group but few are close friends. Mean while my friend considers a lot of people as her friends and few are consider as acquaintance. Think about the time and personality that plays a role in making friends with other people. That explains a lot why my friend can talk to a stranger and befriend with them while I can't.
I should warn you that sometimes my quickness to consider someone a friend ends up hurting me. Sometimes I end up thinking someone is my friend only to find out they never thought of me as a friend. But unless I can immediately tell I don't hit it off with someone, there's no screening process I can use when I first meet someone. So I think of them as a friend until I have a reason to think otherwise.
I make freinds really quickly, BUT I consider us friends after we have made it through our first misunderstanding, or made up after our first fight.... then I know we are friends and we care about each other.
I make freinds really quickly, BUT I consider us friends after we have made it through our first misunderstanding, or made up after our first fight.... then I know we are friends and we care about each other.
Sometimes I stop being friends with someone after our first misunderstanding/fight if it's for a trivial reason. Long story, but I tried to be nice/helpful and a former friend found a way to put a negative spin on it. I don't need friends like that.
I don't know that it's really about how long, but how well you get on with someone. There are people I have known for years that I wouldn't consider friends, and those I've known for 6 months who are dear to me.
It depends. Someone you meet in classes or randomly yea it will take a while. At least a few times of meeting up with them hanging out etc..
But for example I had two people I lived with when I moved to Barcelona for 5months and they became good friends in days. I lived with them, we already had many meals together went out together those people became close friends in a matter of a week or two.
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