Can I ask how old you are?

I think that as we get older we realize that friendships are more than just being around people who are "fun".

Yeah, I could find a million people to hang out with who are fun, but at the end of the day that doesn't really leave me feeling fulfilled anymore. I know that personally I want to have a deeper connection with others. Of course, every relationship is different and the connection with each person varies.

Maybe this is an off comparison, but when someone gets clean off drugs, they oftentimes discover that they have nothing in common with their so called "friends" anymore. Yeah, the drugs were the method of fun, and without the drugs, there is no common link. Its the same in any relationship, if there isn't something beyond the "fun" then the relationship isn't really something that will go the distance.

In short, no, I don't think you're over reacting.

Can I ask how you're picking these friends?

How do you deal with controlling people? By setting boundaries. If they freak out when you set boundaries and continue to walk all over you, then you know that they're not decent friend material.

The other thing in life is that most relationships are indeed temporary. Its rare that we have a friend for life. I mean each person usually has only a few friends for life at most. Its a bit rare to have people come into your life and stay in your life until the end. That's just not the nature of society anymore.