Comments on: On Friends http://carthik.net/blog/vault/2005/06/12/on-friends/ Life, Research and Everything Else. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: tomas http://carthik.net/blog/vault/2005/06/12/on-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8253 tomas Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:49:34 +0000 http://blog.carthik.net/vault/2005/06/12/on-friends/#comment-8253 I agree with Ali - the one thing to remember though is that time changes everything - and those that you depended upon and called friend aren't static. They change, they grow, and sometimes - they outgrow you (or vice versa). I have a very, very small circle of *friends* - but I am surrounded by a lot of nice folks that I like to do stuff with. Only a handful of that circle are folk that I want to have to count on for any support beyond say meeting me for lunch somewhere close to where *they* work ;) More than my dreams - my *friends* are the ones that my thoughts turn to naturally. The ones that I want to include when I have a good idea - or find something that touches off the nostalgia machine deep in me-noggin. I agree with Ali – the one thing to remember though is that time changes everything – and those that you depended upon and called friend aren’t static. They change, they grow, and sometimes – they outgrow you (or vice versa).

I have a very, very small circle of *friends* – but I am surrounded by a lot of nice folks that I like to do stuff with. Only a handful of that circle are folk that I want to have to count on for any support beyond say meeting me for lunch somewhere close to where *they* work ;)

More than my dreams – my *friends* are the ones that my thoughts turn to naturally. The ones that I want to include when I have a good idea – or find something that touches off the nostalgia machine deep in me-noggin.

]]> By: ali b http://carthik.net/blog/vault/2005/06/12/on-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-7749 ali b Mon, 13 Jun 2005 05:44:21 +0000 http://blog.carthik.net/vault/2005/06/12/on-friends/#comment-7749 The only way to know someone is to go through some intense life-affirming/threatening experience. People are different under pressure, out of their comfort zone. I guess that's why some people (like my mother) seem more attatched to characters on television than people in real life. The only way to know someone is to go through some intense life-affirming/threatening experience. People are different under pressure, out of their comfort zone. I guess that’s why some people (like my mother) seem more attatched to characters on television than people in real life.

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