Better to have fake friends or no friends?

[70's Music Girl]

There are friends and there are acquaintances

I have a close circle of lifelong friends and some of us are closer with one another but we have a strong close bond from early teenage years. We've talked about how grateful we are to have this close group of friends. I think anyone can make friends at any age but it is harder to make close friends when you get older.

I don't really have any fake friends, but know acquaintances.

[John13]

Originally Posted by Justme305

As far as I know, I have no fake friends. I was just saying that if my only choices were to either have fake friends or to be all alone, then I'd rather have fake friends, because being by yourself can get lonely. And besides, if your friends are just being fake with you, then you can do the same and just be fake with them. I've gone out to places by myself sometimes, but at times I feel weird being alone somewhere.

And let's be honest, we live in a culture that looks down on people who are either introverted or loners. There's nothing wrong with being a loner/introvert, but generally speaking, society sees it as a negative thing.

Sure, I'll be honest about it.

I'm a loner and I have not noticed anyone looking down on me. Frankly if anyone did I wouldn't give a damn. Because if they do they are part of a culture I want no part of anyway.

[ipaper]

Originally Posted by OuttaTheLouBurbs

Ok so I'll be blunt here. I have essentially 0 friends. I don't really even have acquaintances. Some people I talk to say they'd rather have my situation than have the fake friends they have now. So I spent some time thinking about it and I think I'd like to see what other people think. What would you say then? Is it better to have no company or bad company?

But can a person have fake hair, fake nails, fake boobs but otherwise a pretty nice person, or a person that just loves to wear fake designer labels but otherwise a really good person, or a person who fakes that they like some of the things you like just to have something in common with you. It all depends on the level of fakeness I guess.