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Originally Posted by RealJames
I'm kind of surprised too when i see it quoted in your post,
i said it based on my observations of my gf, her brother, and a few other people's friendship dynamics and the role those friendships play in their lives
they certainly have deep and strong friendships, just fewer, with less frequent visits and at a lower relative priority to other parts of life,
my friendships aren't that bad actually but it took some training lol,
just my observations of other peoples friendships though
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I think it is less cultural and more of a generational thing. For example, on Facebook people over the age of thirty average 200 "friends", but those under 25 average 1000+ "friends". Friendship means different things to different people. I saw you mentioned something about having 250 actual friends at home (I may be mistaken). I cannot imagine trying to manage or feel connected to that many actual people.
If you were to quantify my relationships you would see a lot of superficial ones, a fair amount of actual friends and a small number of truly close relationships. I can't really imagine having more close relationships than fingers.