When the final star has gone out, when all is dust, and when time itself has come to an end,

I'll still be cringing at my early writing.

I'm highly tempted to make like an icon shop but I don't because of time and energy.

I wouldn't consider 'friends come over to your house' because I hate people in my hovel. It's mine, and if I want to play Darude Sandstorm for 11 hours in the dark, I can. I very much draw the line of writing with people means we're friends. I've had bad experiences, plenty of people have had issues with others, but in the end, you can only manage you. I had multiple people get way too parasocial with me and I had to cut them off. It's been a debate if it's 'really that bad' but then I realize, yes, yes it is. They expect to be more than a face I'm friendly or even super friendly with online and I would care about in passing.

So I guess, if someone told me a month after writing with them that they are my 'friend' and I gave no opening for this, I don't really care what that reasoning is, I probably would be uncomfortable. This is also how people view the world differently through semantics, language, and society. Like in some cultures, coworker friends are vastly different then friends. Some people don't make the distinction. Some people consider coworker friends as close friends, while I would consider them 'misery friends' so to speak, such as we wouldn't be friends outside of work, but if they throw the punch at my boss I will absolutely cover for them.

So I think this is a very unique symptom of the internet really. For me, these boundaries and semantics are a very healthy line in the sand. For others, they have plenty of love to give. I think my main point when I had mentioned it was "not everyone has to have the same barrier of entry regarding friends and you should respect that" and mentioning it as my random thought because it's either that or me talking about how I now have two kittens and I love them but if they keep scaring me in the shower I'm going to yank them into it. Of course the two kittens I have managed to get I named after Law and Order lawyers but they're two of the dumbest cats I've had the pleasure of adopting.

Making friends was easier in kindergarten, cos you'd just ask someone if they wanted to be friends and if they said yes? Then you're friends.

I don't have any friends because no one has passed my threshold of what I consider a close enough relationship to be "friends" in (my) truest sense of the word. I'll still call people my friend because I know it hurts their feelings if I call them a close acquaintance instead.

Words are grenades, it's good to remember to not accidentally pull the pin.

this doesnt further the conversation whatsoever, BUT in 5th grade, i was sat next to this boy in class who asked me if i liked pokemon. i wholeheartedly said yes i did! and he replied great, let's be friends!

last year, i was a groomsmen in his wedding. friendship is eternal, esp when pokemon is involved lol