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Do you have a best friend/best friends?

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Margaretbaxter · 02/10/2025 13:27

I don't, just want to know how normal this is, I'm mid 30s.
I have a friend/former colleague, some days we text a lot but then if she's busy I hear nothing for a few weeks. We live close by and I see her once a month on average.

I have another friend who I text with most days, she's also local but I only see her every couple of months.

Aside from this, I don't have any friends I regularly talk to. I do have someone I consider a good friend, I don't hear from her often but it's completely understandable as she has a range of physical and mental health issues including a personality disorder, so I completely understand why its sporadic.

Other than this, I am usually the one to reach out, I get polite responses but they aren't ever the ones who reach out first, and they will stop responding. I am the one who arranges any meetups unless it's a large event.

This makes me sad, I don't know if this is normal. I get people are busy but most people seem to have a group of close friends they can rely on.

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Teaforthetotal · 02/10/2025 13:34

I understand this. I have a best friend from uni days and we're still really close and message frequently but she lives elsewhere and has obviously developed other close connections over the years. While I have other close friends and colleagues I can be real with, the closest now are probably my husband, mum and sister.
Some mums on the school run have become really close which is super sweet but hasn't happened to me and I don't mind.

Netcurtainnelly · 02/10/2025 13:31

I don't use the term best friend tbh

but I have a very good friend that I've known about 30 years.
We meet up a couple of times a week, coffees, theatre, cinema, walks etc. Sometimes we go to each other's houses etc.
Last year we spent Xmas day together.
Sometimes I call her my sister from another mister.

Margaretbaxter · 02/10/2025 13:29

I just think if I had very big news, I wouldn't have many people to share it with. I have tried to make new friends, but making closer friends is tough. People just don't text back or get in touch.

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