Personally, I haven’t found it too difficult to maintain a group of friends, even while fitting many of the descriptions you gave. I am somewhat unusual in that I’ve had the same group of friends since I was 8 years old.
May I just enquire how long you have had this group of friends? I have found that very young people can actually be pretty tolerant of differing opinions and ideologies as long as conformity on other axis is high.
I have found it difficult to find a romantic partner, though there are confounding factors in that problem (going to a school which is only ~30% female).
This is a very interesting questions. Sexual relationships and those of strong emotional bonds operate on, I would claim, different principles than regular friendships.
On the one hand some uncomfortable truths send bad signals and definitely lower perceived value as a mate, on the other some uncomfortable truths about the sexes seem to have potential practical value.
May I just enquire how long you have had this group of friends? I have found that very young people can actually be pretty tolerant of differing opinions and ideologies as long as conformity on other axis is high.
I’m 22 now, so it’s been close to two-thirds of my life for many of my friends in that group. We all share higher-than-average intelligence and academic achievement, though in many different areas.
This is a very interesting questions. Sexual relationships and those of strong emotional bonds operate on, I would claim, different principles than regular friendships.
That’s how I feel about them. A friendship can have a limited scope and still be successful and fulfilling, but I don’t think I would be able to have the emotional intimacy I desire from a romantic relationship with someone who didn’t embrace a rational worldview.
May I just enquire how long you have had this group of friends? I have found that very young people can actually be pretty tolerant of differing opinions and ideologies as long as conformity on other axis is high.
This is a very interesting questions. Sexual relationships and those of strong emotional bonds operate on, I would claim, different principles than regular friendships.
On the one hand some uncomfortable truths send bad signals and definitely lower perceived value as a mate, on the other some uncomfortable truths about the sexes seem to have potential practical value.
I’m 22 now, so it’s been close to two-thirds of my life for many of my friends in that group. We all share higher-than-average intelligence and academic achievement, though in many different areas.
That’s how I feel about them. A friendship can have a limited scope and still be successful and fulfilling, but I don’t think I would be able to have the emotional intimacy I desire from a romantic relationship with someone who didn’t embrace a rational worldview.