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DemonKia -> RE: Talking with Vanilla friends... (9/15/2009 8:02:17 PM)
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FR, after read thru OP, I thought the story was charming, funny, & I got it. That kinda thing happens to me all the time .. . . . Like when I was dating the gay married couple last year, that led to all kinds of amusing misunderstandings by people outside my intimate circle . . . . & Des, you're usually pretty reasonable, but I think you were reading way too much into the OP this time . . . . . As for the other discussion going on here, I have many levels of people I interact with socially, from casual acquaintances to close friends, most of whom can be described with that loose label, 'friend' . . . . . I think that some people only want to give the label 'friend' to those who are 'close friends', 'best friends', & that level of intimacy . . . . Which is fine for themselves but leads to trouble when they apply those standards to others . . . . . . Others who may have people at work, school, or wherever who they consider 'light, casual friends', friends who don't know intimate details, & for whom intimate detail sharing may be inappropriate . . . .
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