Wednesday, June 13, 2007
1 Fren.... 2 frens... 3 frens.....
The recent Sunday Times ran a report on these 2 sisters, who between them, had 30,000 friends. Astounding, I know. I was wondering how they actually keep in touch with these people. But apparently, they don't. They are just collecting friends.
That's the lame part. Collecting friends? Since when did friends become toys? As it is, my friendster account has something like 120+ friends. But just how many of them do i keep in touch with? Frankly not a lot. Many are those that I have lost touch with over the years. What's more, as you get older, you really have to make extra effort to keep in touch with your friends. Responsibilities come in, other priorities take centre stage and it is easy for friends to fade away. It gets even harder when one gets attached. the good old days of girls/ guys night out is even more difficult when you have a partner in tow.
I have 3 tiers of friends:
Tier One: those that I am really close to and will do anything for them, even lay down my life
Tier Two: the people that I occasionally keep in touch with
Tier Three: the hi-bye friends. Those that I see in school, acquaintances etc
I do try my best to meet up with them. Those that i am close with, i do organize stuff to do together. Those that I am not so close with, I make extra effort to meet up with them when they organize something.
That's the lame part. Collecting friends? Since when did friends become toys? As it is, my friendster account has something like 120+ friends. But just how many of them do i keep in touch with? Frankly not a lot. Many are those that I have lost touch with over the years. What's more, as you get older, you really have to make extra effort to keep in touch with your friends. Responsibilities come in, other priorities take centre stage and it is easy for friends to fade away. It gets even harder when one gets attached. the good old days of girls/ guys night out is even more difficult when you have a partner in tow.
I have 3 tiers of friends:
Tier One: those that I am really close to and will do anything for them, even lay down my life
Tier Two: the people that I occasionally keep in touch with
Tier Three: the hi-bye friends. Those that I see in school, acquaintances etc
I do try my best to meet up with them. Those that i am close with, i do organize stuff to do together. Those that I am not so close with, I make extra effort to meet up with them when they organize something.
# posted by Xallista @ 11:52 PM 
