I suppose my question is "why"? Why bother if it is hard? At a certain time in the world friends were good because they improved your life. They were good things to have. But today, not finding that people understand what the word friend even means. Even some of my best "friends" are simply... 1/4th of what a friend should be.

I think society used to have hardly anyone around. If you read old literature you would see most people lived lives without anyone in the area and traveling wasn't an option. But today we have so many people around.. I think people have learned to be lame friends because they know there are hundreds of people they can look forward to. So they don't put any serious work into it. They have realized.. like vampires, they can take what they want and move on.

Of course, not all but it is the rare person who sees you as anything more than a disposable / single serving friend.

So until that changes I think sanity can be found but cutting back.. learning to be alone and, of course, if you find someone who is a true friend... be friending them but, hold the line. Only let people into you life that are good friends.