Again another Friday evening came and I had my second candle light ritual in this June. Many thoughts came to my mind, but then I was thinking about friends. I know quite many people and see them when I ride my bicycle. I may know their first names if I know even that, but they are not my friends. I do not have any real friends, but that is okay. It is good to socialize with people whom I may see and know. In the summer more people are outside and so there are more people to whom I may say hello. Sometimes I wish the good morning to people whom I do not even know. Well, my little town is not so big and many people know each other. In fact I have not had many friends in my whole life. When I lived 783 days in my car in Miami, I did not know people and surely I had no real friends. I learned to talk with strangers whom I may have met in Miami. In Key West I knew one Oliver and one Larry, but again they were not my friends. Well, do I need any real friends? Maybe not because I have lived without them for so many years. Do you have friends in your real life?
I have one good friend and a couple acquaintances. I thought you were going to try to make friends at a local coffee shop. Did you change your mind?
I just enjoy having coffee alone. I may go to a cafe in this summer. I often ride in the market place where they have a few coffee shops, but I do not like to sit down and have coffee. Sometimes when I visit flea markets I may see people whom I know as I did today.
Ok. Well, if I were you, Iād be too lonely. Iām hoping you find a way to make a couple friends.
I am not feeling lonely, I purchased a few years ago the complete series of āAliasā show and I am watching it now. It is a good way to maintain my English. It takes a week me to watch this series.
I watched the entire series growing up I like that show
I like your post.
I have zero friends. But I have social obligations.
I was in America and married when I watched Friends. Well, it is already over 23 years ago. The time passes.
Are you sure?
I remember āFriendsā as it was few years agoā¦
Time passes indeed.
On second thought, I donāt have TV past 8 yrs, so it must be long ago
i live here where i do without friends. i have family in town and a i have a dear black cat. i function i guess. i have clubhouse and peer support. before i got ill i had close friends but near my diagnosis i began to withdraw for my sanity sake. lovers few and far between but i do think about them now and again. i donāt meet many these days but have in life, people, friends. knew a hell of a lot of quality folks come to think of it nowawdays. all quality people.
I went to a cafe today. It was at our market place. Did not socialize with anybody, because people just wanted to be at their tables. I did read the newspaper though. The cup of coffee was 2 ā¬, I could buy a 500 g coffee pack for 4 ā¬ and so I like to make coffee. I did see three people whom I know before going to this cafe. I just made more coffee. The āAliasā series is quite good.
Iām proud of you for trying. Thatās a huge step. What about the kind of cafe or donut type shop where you sit at a bar like setting in front of the waiter? People who sit at those seats tend to be open to talking to each other.
We do not have that type of cafes or shops. I went to ride again in this evening. I met one person whom I know. I think that my best way to socialize is to meet people while I am riding my bicycle. In this way I have talked with 5-6 people today.
Here there also exist cycling clubs for people who want to cycle in groups and have a drink afterwards.
We had a sport event today in the town. Many people run. I think it was a half marathon.
I used to love running but canāt anymore because of anxiety (I had a cardiac event while doing 10 miles). Iām simply too scared of feeling unwell.
I walk and go on my exercise bike these days.
I really like to ride my bicycle outdoors. I am planning to wake up early and go to my local beach and watch the sunrise. The sun rises at 3:18 am. I may take some coffee with me. Of course, I may be too tired to go, Letās see what happens.
That sounds like a great plan!
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