~~ Shares a cuppa and passes cuddles around (unless you're not fond of that, then consider me smiling) ~~
@CathyTea I always find truth in your words. I think you are right in saying that people that tend to be hesitant are sensitive souls. I've been hiding it cleverly under a resilient exterior but in actuality, I am just a little girl blue that grew up one day.
We share so much more than we realize on a day to day basis. Reading comments about being hesitant is very relatable and yet surprising at the same time. It shows so many more experience similar feelings.
Commenting a busy thread to me can feel like walking into a crowded room and then pointing my presence out. I don't tend to do this when I enter a crowded room. Instead, my presence may be easily noticed and bonds are more easily made because of a face to face experience, I can see eye to eye and smile.
Though whether it concerns friendships formed online or outside, it all boils down to both parties having the will to invest some form of attention to each other. The amount may always vary in general or during phases in life whichever other factors that may come into play. Two people don't always strike up a conversation or engage some other relationship for the same reasons, respectively put the same into it or get the same out of it. And there's nothing wrong with that.
I think there is also a shift in forming new relationships as we get older and gain more social experiences, good or bad. I remember those days in the playground. It didn't matter what the kid I played with did or liked as long as the playtime was fun. There was always something to chat about. This continued in my teens and even twenties to some extent.
I guess, when we age more, our characters develop more deeply but not as widely oriented as to when we're kids. Kids are sponges who have all the time in the world in front of them, soaking everything with vigorous energy ;) That's not the same at a later age, time is more precious and energy perhaps failing. Do people tend to get pickier down the line when it comes to forming friendships?
