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Not me, if I had 20 mil, (Or even 1) I'd buy land away from people and have cats and dogs...I prefer them....Oh I'd have one person come by and check on me once every two weeks...
I don't think required is the right word but there have been two times in my life when I felt like there was something wrong with having very few friends.
First was when I was married. I had a hard time coming up with people to ask to be an attendant. I just had a falling out with my best friend and I wasn't really close enough to anyone else to feel comfortable to ask (and I have a small family that isn't close). And the showers and inviting people to the wedding. I had a very small list.
Second was when my oldest child was a couple of years old and my MIL made the comment I would have to make friends in order to arrange play dates and if I didn't I would be harming my child. Cut me to the bone that she would have ever thought that I would do anything to harm my kid.
I'm introverted, I could go days without talking to someone and be fine. I have never needed a large group of people in my life and I'm so comfortable with being by myself that asking people to do things with me doesn't come natural. There is nothing wrong with me, I just need a smaller number of friends than others do (which is fine as well) but people sure think it is okay to make comments to my face about it.
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