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Re:Do Men Suck At Friendship? by lmm on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @04:17AM (#7632782)
If everyone is your friend then no-one is. I wouldn't say curt and standoffish, but it's good to keep a certain amount of distance and formality with people you're not actually friends with so that you both know where you stand.
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Re:Do Men Suck At Friendship? by Hasu on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @04:35AM (#7632852)
Unless friendliness is an expected social signal, and there's a separate signal, known to the local culture, but not to you, that says, "I'm being nice but we aren't actually friends".
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