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[quote=Anonymous]The last set of good friends I have is from my pre-pre-previous job (we became friends around 1999-2002). I have set of friends from school, set of friends from college, and a few here and there that I met throughout my life. Since then, it has been acquantainces and good acquantainces but i cannot say that I made new 'friends' in same meaning. Sure, we go out with some people, go over to dinner, bring over to dinner, but they are not someone who I would be comfortable calling in the middle of the night the same way that I could call any of my old set of friends or even feel the same closeness. These are people who are right this moment in my life as factor of me being here and them being here and having some factors in common (e.g. work for same employer). If any of these factors change, I doubt that we would maintain the friendship much, just because there are too many demands on time. For me it is both, lack of time and too many family / work demands, but also that I simply don't have the energy or the willingness to open up to new friendships. Also, for me it is not a conscious process where I 'make' new friends - but rather 'become' close friend with someone as a factor of growing closer through time. In a transient area like dc, i doubt that i will have sufficient time to grow closer with many.[/quote]

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