[velkrum]

Just wondering if any of you guys prefer a lifestyle that involves a small group of friends or a large group of friends. Are some of you loners by design ?

Does having a large group of friends have any drawbacks ? how about a smaller group ?

I was just thinking, once I become rich I don't want to have all the coolest toys in the world and no friends to share them with. There are times when I like experiencing things on my own but it seems like I would enjoy having lots of friends (guys and girls) to hang and party with plus traveling in groups would probably be more fun.

I don't plan on getting married till I'm 45 so I'm thinking I'm gonna need people I enjoy spending time with.

[Parlay44]

Your friends start to dwindle as you get older. People move away, get married, have kids...etc. They stop hanging out.

Always try to find new single friends from work or other social circles to hang out with.

[Walnuts]

(09-21-2011 12:03 PM)velkrum Wrote:  

I was just thinking, once I become rich I don't want to have all the coolest toys in the world and no friends to share them with.

lol quite confident there.

I have very few close friends that i actually trust and hang out with.
imo you should have a few close friends that you've known from way back and a larger outside circle that you just know and sometimes hang with or use them for connections (for example, know people that can get you this, that etc)

[el mechanico]

First off if you stay single until you're 45 you won't want to get married then.

About friends..Where I live the entire town is friends just about. Families that have known eachother for hundreds of years so when you go out here you're surrounded by them no matter what.

About hunting..These dudes will get in your way and social circle game isn't what it used to be. On Thursday nights a few years ago we would bar hop on boats recklessly. Local girls would do anything to roll out on these tours and hot pussy was in the bag. Just pick one you like and isolate her onto your boat. What happened? Some boats got repo'd some dudes married these sluts etc. It's over..

These days I juggle women so going out with guys just slows me down. I will not sit at a sausage fest. Most dudes will. Forum members are another story. They like hunting.

[Veloce]

I've always been a loner so rolling solo came naturally. And I have found that the few close friends I do have want nothing to do with game. Add to that the fact that people change over the years and I find less and less in common with the dudes I used to hang out with in the college days. In fact I only still hang out with one. Once every few years I'll meet some dude who isn't a total tool and likes slaying pussy. My prerequisites for friends these days are pretty simple: don't be a douche, don't get caught up in capitalist america bullshit, don't talk endlessly about TV, be a good wingman and enjoy hunting, have some sort of culture and deeper intelligence. Don't lie or try to impress. That's about it.

[WesternCancer]

I only ever have a few close friends, most of the time they're girls I'm dating. I think once I am really consistent in my game and have achieved my main health goals I'll search for more friends, but still a lot of the time I prefer being by myself. When I do hang out its usually with a big group of people that I am acquaintances with and one of my actual friends (hang out one on one)

[AlphaTravel]

I've never had a massive group of friends, just a handful, and my friends have changed many times from growing up to now. Some people have the same friends for life since they were kids, I've had different groups at different stages of my life. Quite a few years ago now I moved away to uni and lost touch with most of my school friends. Then after university I travelled a lot for long stints at a time and by the time I came home each time people had moved away, groups had splintered, people had moved on so now I don't really have a solid group of friends in one place, many friends in many different places including all over the world from my travels. I'd say I only have a couple of close friends these days and I don't always see them that often because one is married and the other lives in a different city, then I've got a few friends who are not really close friends just more people that I'll have a few with beers now and again.

I can be quite happy doing things by myself and am quite a private person at times, sometimes a bit anti social even. I don't like big groups of people, prefer just a small gathering.

[Deb Auchery]

I'm a very social person, I am happy to hunt with a big group of friends or just one or two selected friends. I'm not really into going out on my own, I will only roll solo when I am in a new city and don't know anyone.

Sometimes though there are problems, for example someone in the group will say "Oh Manchester United are playing" let's go to a Sports Bar, I hate sports bars because they are full of men and i'm on the pull almost always.

[sheesh]

You need to differentiate between friends and aquaintances, i.e. colleagues and guys you just hang out with and get pissed e.g.

I only have 4 people I would really call friends in my life.

The older you get the less friends you will have and the harder it becomes to make new ones. And if you make new friends, the friendship will likely be less deep.

[Screwston]

I'm solo. I have no problem talking to people and socializing, but it just seems harder to get friends than it was in school. Everyone is busy and already has their circle.

[slubu]

I seem to be towards the opposite end of most of you. I've had the same group of about 15 friends for over a decade now, with another 5 or so that for the most part have been around but change here and there. The 15 of us stay in close contact through email, phone, text etc. We take an annual trip together every year, it's pretty cool and I realize how fortunate I am. I'm pretty close with all of them, and some more than others. But everyone knows what's going on with each others lives and so on.

It's slowed down a bit on how much we actually see each other because of wives and kids, but we still make it out here and there and get together.

[pitt]

I can be a loner and i can also be the most social guy in the world, it depends on different variables (my geographic location, current occupation, the ''need'' of friends, etc). My problem is that i usually get bored of people very easily. I can't stand the jealousy of most people, their hating, their lack of honesty, their weak criticism towards me when they aint doing better, etc

I also prefer to have a small circle of friends so i can interact more with them. I enjoy having friends but they need to be quality friends, i cant stand the average guy.

[storm]

Good friends are like gold: there is not a lot of it and you want to lock it in a vault and keep it to yourself.