Re:Lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging at molec...
by layer8 on Saturday September 27, 2025 @11:09AM
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It also depends on what exactly you count as “real friends”. If you set the standard just a little bit high, many people only have their family, or not even that. And you can have friends and still feel alone.
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Re:Lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging at molec...
by em-bee on Saturday September 27, 2025 @05:14PM
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real friends are people who don't abandon you when you do something they don't like. the problem is, until that happens you can't tell the difference.
Re:Lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging at molec...
by kridsdale1 on Sunday September 28, 2025 @01:45AM
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These days the bar for that thing seems low. Like making a post on Facebook.
Re:Lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging at molec...
by watwut on Sunday September 28, 2025 @06:25AM
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I dunno, you cam turn what you said into "real friends is an enabler of whatever I do and a doormat".
Someone leaving after x did something they dont like ... may just be former real friend with a backbone and moral values.
Re:Lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging at molec...
by em-bee on Sunday September 28, 2025 @09:32AM
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no, the reverse is that a real friend would confront you and help you correct what he thinks is a mistake, or at least discuss it to understand why, instead of canceling the friendship and worse stabbing you in the back.
if they can't confront someone for what they think is a mistake, then it's them who have no backbone, and potentially also the enabler, because you can't change someones behavior by walking away from them.