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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I make "friendly acquaintances" very easily - I'm easy-going, friendly, genuinely interested in most people I meet, and can carry a conversation.  But I suck at the follow-through, and therefore suck at turning friendly acquaintances into actual friends.[/quote]

I used to be this way, i actually had to tone down the friendliness because I didn’t want to be hurtful because of my flaws. Now I tell people that I’m horrible at follow through but if they reach out I will remember and it is never too late. That makes it easy when I finally get a chance to reach out even months later.

I met a young lady at the wharf that worked as a crew member on one of the yachts. She was young and very sweet, we had one conversation, and have texted through the past two years with encouragement and random things here or there. Nothing huge but is a genuine connection. It is more of a mentoring type of dynamic given our age difference but for me that was something I always struggled with.

Social media and the digital age makes it easier to stay connected now than it did before, which is helpful for the follow up even if it is long overdue. [/quote]

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