About your friendship group.

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Do you know
1what their jobs are?
2 their address?
It occurred to me today that out of a group of 8 of us I have been to all of their houses numerous times over the 25 plus years but I couldn't give you their house number. I could tell you the road name for some of them. I know how to get there for all of them though.

WRT to their jobs I know bits about some of them eg 1 works at either Home ans Bargains or B and M or something like that another works for NHS but I don't know what they do.
I could tell you nearly everything a out their families, their ailments,etc

Some of my friends thought i was a teacher ( nope) , someone else thought I still worked in the youth offending team although I left that 7 years ago!!!
When they phone for an uber from my house they always ask the address!

I know all their jobs, dh jobs, kids, ailments of them and extended family etc etc. Could tell you how to get to all their houses but only know the addresses of those who don’t live locally…

I have 5 close friends.

I could only tell you basic details about their jobs. I know the companies they work for and vaguely what they do but only in the sense of "Jane does admin for the local college" or "Laura works in Marketing for Primark" etc.

I only know 2 of their addresses for definite, having been to all of their houses many times. I could tell you the road name and I could drive you to their house but I don't know the house number of 3 of them.

I could do one address and the rest I know the road or general area. Jobs I know because we whinge a lot about work.

I don’t have a friendship group. I have a couple close friends but not a group of them, I know all those things about them.

Interesting. I know chapter and verse about my friends jobs, and they do about mine.

I could sit and address an envelope to at least six of them, including postcode, without checking.

Not addresses or house numbers but I could take you to their houses right now.
I know their jobs very well, we are all from the same organisation so I know this information.
Same of their partners.

Interestingly, I left the organisation some 2 years ago and not one of them knows what I do for a job as not one of them have asked or shown any interest. I see them all regularly.

Not quite sure how to define "friendship group".

Of my 5-10 closer friends, I know quite a lot about the details of their jobs. We would talk about them quite a lot for one to one chats, if not in larger groups. But I have a wider circle of friends who I see pretty regularly, but I'm embarrassingly vague about their jobs, to the point of cluelessness in some cases. Especially the men, who may be partners of my closer friends.

I don't know many addresses, but could certainly find their houses and know the street names.

Depends what you describe as a friendship group?

I have various friendship groups but only one (friends I've known since sixth form) where I know all their jobs and addresses.

I'm more likely to know jobs than addresses as it comes up more in conversation and I tend to meet people away from their homes.

With the possible exception of some "work friends", I can't think of anyone living nearby (close enough to go round for dinner without staying over) who I would describe as a friend, but I don't know where they live. In the case of a few older friends who have moved away to a different area from us since the times when we would meet up regularly, I would have to look their address up to find them. In all cases I have been to their homes a few times over the years but don't have a good memory for the exact location.

I know a lot about my friends jobs as we talk about work a lot (usually to let off steam by having a rant!) I know where they all live and the road names, but not house numbers.

I know exactly what they all do for a living, whether they’re like their jobs, whether they’re going through a stressful time with their boss etc etc, we talk about that kind of stuff.

I don’t know any of their full addresses off by heart though, I’d have to look in my contacts for the postcodes if I was sending them something in the mail.

Yes, I know all about their jobs and generally those of their partners. I know the streets they all live in but not necessarily house numbers. They all have professional jobs, GP, dentist, physio so I kind of know what they do.

The ones who live within 5 miles of my house, I could tell you the road they live on and take you to their houses, but in wouldn't know the address.
Friends who live further away, yes I know their addresses from sending birthday cards and presents.

Jobs -yes, I know them all.

I don't have "a" friendship group, but have lots of friends from different things I either do, or have done.

I don't think I could write out the addresses of any of them though. When sending a birthday card or something, I'd get my address book out. I could however take you to many of their houses. I recognise the house rather than memorising the number.

But then I also have plenty of friends whose houses I've never been to.

Re jobs, yes, I could tell you what good friends do (or did in the cases where they have retired). That is something that comes up in conversations fairly early one I'd have thought.

Yes - I know their addresses and know what they do for a living - but in some cases i couldn't tell you the company name. Ditto, I know what their husbands do and where their children are / what they do / what they study etc. We have been friends a long time and do share lots of info / whatsapp daily.

Yes, I know what all of my friends do for a living and who they work for. House numbers less so, although I obviously know where they live and visit often!

I keep a note on my phone for facts like this. A lot of the time I've found out the info from FB or LI rather than it coming up in conversation. We rarely meet at each other's houses but if it comes up or I overhear them mentioning a road name I make a note of it.
I avoid talking about work in general as I'm a sahm with a hobby business and they'd look down on it. I'm nosy about other people's lives though and know more about them than they do about me.

Are these your closest friends? I’d be sad if my friends felt they had to take notes about my life from Facebook and LinkedIn or things they’d overheard. I’d also be really sad if they thought I might judge them for being a stay at home mum or having a “hobby business”.

jobs yes, exact address only if I have visited them or ordered them something or booked a taxi or something with them. Otherwise when else would their full address be needed in conversation? I don’t tell them my exact address either unless they’re coming over

I do notice that going to people's houses is becoming less common which might explain why so many don't know their friends address. It's simply not relevant information.

For me it’s the opposite, I go to their houses all the time so don’t need the exact address to get there!

Exactly, I go to a particular friend’s house multiple times a month but I have no idea what number she lives at 😂

For me it’s the opposite, I go to their houses all the time so don’t need the exact address to get there!
Im the same but I got stumped twice recently.
I was going away but I needed something from.Amazon when I got back. My friend of 30 years and had never moved house in that time said it wasn't a problem se.d the delivery to her house. I hadn't a clue what her address was!

Also another friend was getting a taxi to another friends house and was with me at the time she was about to book an uber. She asked me what Cindy's address was and all I could think was that she lived near the Texaco garage!