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Did your favorite waitress at your favorite restaurant ever take you to the movies, a concert, a county fair, or an amusement park?
Did your favorite bartender at your favorite bar/tavern ever take you out for your birthday or give you a ride home when he/she got off work?
Have you ever had lunch or dinner with your co-workers?
Do you have get-togethers with that person you met one night at the local nightclub?
Or do you still talk to and/or hang out with at least 50 or more of your high school classmates 25 years after high school graduation?
I can easily guarantee nobody on this forum would ever answer "Yes" to any of the above questions. In America, friendships are fake, superficial, and fleeting, mostly a facade. Not only long distance moves, but even getting a new job in a different field or even at a different place can also terminate friendships in America. When Americans don't see each other for months and years, they actually grow much less fond of each other. Most of them even become flat out strangers and don't remember their friends. High school is the first place where people find that out the hard way. People graduate, they move on, and they never see their high school classmates for the rest of their whole lives. Moderator cut: delete
Last edited by Miss Blue; 02-11-2018 at 06:46 AM..
Reason: bait/fixed the thread title and edited thread to keep it open
Did your favorite waitress at your favorite restaurant ever take you to the movies, a concert, a county fair, or an amusement park?
I don't have a favorite restaurant, much less a favorite waitperson. I like to try new places a lot.
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Did your favorite bartender at your favorite bar/tavern ever take you out for your birthday or give you a ride home when he/she got off work?
No, but we made out a few times and went to a party together. Then he met someone else.
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Have you ever had lunch or dinner with your co-workers?
Frequently.
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Do you have get-togethers with that person you met one night at the local nightclub?
I've met a lot of friends at local gathering spots around town. Usually we have friends in common.
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Or do you still talk to and/or hang out with at least 50 or more of your high school classmates 25 years after high school graduation?
I moved away 30 years ago but I would say I still regularly talk to and hang out (when we are in the same area) with maybe 10-15. I'm going to my hometown next weekend and have a lot of plans.
[quote]I can easily guarantee nobody on this forum would ever answer "Yes" to any of the above questions. In America, friendships are fake, superficial, and fleeting, mostly a facade. Not only long distance moves, but even getting a new job in a different field or even at a different place can also terminate friendships in America. When Americans don't see each other for months and years, they actually grow much less fond of each other. Most of them even become flat out strangers and don't remember their friends. High school is the first place where people find that out the hard way. People graduate, they move on, and they never see their high school classmates for the rest of their whole lives.Moderator cut: delete
Last edited by Miss Blue; 02-11-2018 at 06:17 AM..
Reason: deleted quote and your response
This and your other thread about long distance friendships not lasting - you need to move on dude! Find better friends, you may find you need to start by being a better friend yourself to start with.
Did your favorite waitress at your favorite restaurant ever take you to the movies, a concert, a county fair, or an amusement park?
Why would they?
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Did your favorite bartender at your favorite bar/tavern ever take you out for your birthday or give you a ride home when he/she got off work?
Again, why would they? Not that I have a favorite bartender.
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Have you ever had lunch or dinner with your co-workers?
Just had lunch with 5 coworkers on Friday. Had dinner with three of them the week before. I've entertained them in my home and been to their homes.
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Do you have get-togethers with that person you met one night at the local nightclub?
Nightclub? Too old for that crap.
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Or do you still talk to and/or hang out with at least 50 or more of your high school classmates 25 years after high school graduation?
Why would I want to still be friends with 50 people from high school? I much prefer a few close friendships rather than 50 not so close friendships. As I expressed in your other thread, I'm still very close to friends I went to college with in the 90's. Our last visit was a trip to the mountains in November. We had a blast. Planning a beach trip this summer.
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I can easily guarantee nobody on this forum would ever answer "Yes" to any of the above questions.
Did your favorite waitress at your favorite restaurant ever take you to the movies, a concert, a county fair, or an amusement park?
Did your favorite bartender at your favorite bar/tavern ever take you out for your birthday or give you a ride home when he/she got off work?
Have you ever had lunch or dinner with your co-workers?
Do you have get-togethers with that person you met one night at the local nightclub?
Or do you still talk to and/or hang out with at least 50 or more of your high school classmates 25 years after high school graduation?
I can easily guarantee nobody on this forum would ever answer "Yes" to any of the above questions. In America, friendships are fake, superficial, and fleeting, mostly a facade. Not only long distance moves, but even getting a new job in a different field or even at a different place can also terminate friendships in America. When Americans don't see each other for months and years, they actually grow much less fond of each other. Most of them even become flat out strangers and don't remember their friends. High school is the first place where people find that out the hard way. People graduate, they move on, and they never see their high school classmates for the rest of their whole lives. In America, people drift apart very easily and they don't actually care about each other.
One of the stupidest posts I've ever seen on City-Data, and that's quite an accomplishment.
If you are hanging out with your "favorite waitress" or "favorite bartender", that's not a friendship.
Yes, of course I have had lunch or dinner with co-workers. And gone to their houses and gone to baseball games, and now that I am retired, I still have lunch and dinner and do things with the friends I made at work.
I'm way past the nightclub stage. Good lord.
Nobody hangs out with at least 50 or more classmates 25 years later. Nobody. I do get together regularly with about 15 of them, though, 40 years later.
Drunk posting is not a good idea, dude. What on earth were you thinking? You sound as if you had a head injury.
I can easily guarantee nobody on this forum would ever answer "Yes" to any of the above questions. In America, friendships are fake, superficial, and fleeting, mostly a facade. Not only long distance moves, but even getting a new job in a different field or even at a different place can also terminate friendships in America. When Americans don't see each other for months and years, they actually grow much less fond of each other. Most of them even become flat out strangers and don't remember their friends. High school is the first place where people find that out the hard way. People graduate, they move on, and they never see their high school classmates for the rest of their whole lives Moderator cut: delete.
Completely agree 100% here! Most people are full of crap. Then you have people that say they want friends, but will make a thousand excuses why they can't return texts or hang out with you once in a while and they never initiate contact. I want friends but just don't have time to deal with mess like this. I am trying to learn to enjoy my own company.
Last edited by Miss Blue; 02-11-2018 at 06:27 AM..
So what? Nothing lasts forever. Get used to it. You sound like an emotional vampire. You should cut off and get rid of that needy umbilical cord you're trying to permanently chain up other people with. Resign yourself to people being temporary.
I've never heard the phrase 'emotional vampire' before. I've heard the phrase 'energy vampire' used to describe someone who tries to suck all the energy from the people around them.
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