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[quote=Anonymous]I’m working through some things and I think this may be the reason I’m more comfortable with superficial relationships. I’m just curious about the experiences of others.

I went to one school K-2, and was fairly well-adjusted. I had lots of friends there. Then, abruptly, we moved and I went to a new school for 3-4, only it was only temporary, I knew I’d be leaving, and I made zero friends. I then went to a different school for 5-8, knowing I wouldn’t be attending high school with any of these kids because my parents couldn’t afford private HS (this was a parochial elementary school my parents received funding for me to attend.) I went to a “school of choice” for HS, near my parent’s work, and so coordinating friendships outside of school was impossible until I got a license and car Senior year, and by then it was basically too late.

I’m in my 40s now and don’t have a single close friend, someone who would show up for me, but many superficial, surface level people who would hang out for fun. I’m incapable of and almost unwilling to take any of these friendships to a deeper level. [/quote]

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