I didn't have time digest the whole thing....
but here's one point that I'm going to start with and then see what else I can add.
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Originally Posted by Gilda
There's a downside, in that I tend not to have many friends, countered by an upside, which is that I don't tend to offend people and thus make enemies.
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I won't claim that I'm an introvert, but I'm definitely not an extrovert. I try to be what I need to be when the time calls for it. That said, I have lots of people in my phone book, lots of "friends" you may call them. I have tens of contacts in my book, some professional, but more or less, above an acquaintance. I have social obligations to some of them from time to time which I decide if I truly need or want to attend to them.
But let me tell you how many people came to visit me in the hospital or even called me in the hospital... a grand total of 2 visitors who trekked all the way from NYC to Long Island. Family called and a couple of close friends (Quadro and Jess) called on a regular basis. That was it... out of all the "friends" that I have... 4 were there when I was in distress.
Take from this what you may... but quite honestly, I've learned that my friends are friends, and some say that they will be there when the chips are down, but there are even fewer that will really walk the walk that they talk.
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