I’ve never been one to have a million friends. I’m innately shy, so I’m not going to be the girl who walks into the room and knows everyone. And I’m a total homebody, so when it comes down to going out with a big group of people vs. Netflix with T and Sprout, you can be sure I’m choosing to snuggle up.
The three are women I met in our youth: One I’ve been friends with since the third grade (holy hell that’s a long time) and the other two I met in high school.
… btw we graduated from high school 12 years ago.
We even made it through a 10-day trip to Italy before college, living in really close quarters, and still came out on the other side as friends.
Every so often I’ll feel self-conscious about not having more friends – more names I could add to a list if I had to write it all down. Even at the ripe old age of 31, it’s easy to play the comparison game.
But while I will never be the girl with 200 people to invite to a birthday party, I’m really proud of the friendships I have. More so, I’m proud of the friends I have.
I have learned that I would rather have a few super dedicated friends than I would a ton of friends and I’ve kind of always felt that way, but as an adult I CLING to my friends! It is so freaking hard to make friends as an adult!
The Adored Life
I was just thinking this morning how hard it is to make friends as an adult! And I agree- quality over quantity 🙂
I’ve definitely learned the hard way since graduating college that some friends weren’t meant to be permanent, and I used to feel really sad about losing those friendships (even though they were for very good reasons), but now I’ve realized that the friends I DO still have are the very best ones. Quality of quantity is too true!
xo
Olivia
PrepEssentials
It’s not necessarily a bad thing to weed out friends – it leaves you with the best of the best!
Love this. That is one thing I’ve learned in my 30s…it’s not about where you’re going out, who sees you, or what you’re doing…but that you’re with quality people you have a great time with. Good friends are hard to come by, so hold on to the ones you’ve got!
100%!