BirdInFlight wrote:
I miss just having a friend to properly "hang out with." Many years ago I managed to have that kind of friend, a few of them more or less serially I suppose. But my life now doesn't have anyone like that.
I mean the kind of friend who I feel close enough to them, that, if they come over, you know you are both going to just have however long to just shoot the breeze, have a few beverages and snacks, maybe watch some TV or a movie, and just talk, philosophize, just ramble.
I have been fortunate enough to have a person like that in my life at one time or another, and it's a great feeling. It's a relaxed feeling, like your time hanging out is "endless" and doesn't have to be rushed or curtailed even though someone IS going home at some point, lol.
These days even the couple of friends I have who sometimes come to visit me in my apartment, only hang out for a scant hour before making their excuses and being on their way. Any conversations never get to that "deep" place -- because it's like there's never going to be enough time for that. Nobody in my life now can just "hang out" anymore with that sense of an open, flexible time scale. Everyone seems to have something better to do in very short order, and no time for me.
I'm not the biggest socializer but I've still none the less been capable of having at least one friend at a time with whom I'm comfortable enough that we can talk for hours together. But I have no friends now who feel that way about me.
I constantly feel a disatisfaction with my conversations with anyone now, because they are quick, shallow ones because everyone doesn't have the time for more than that. I hate shallow, brief, chit chat conversations or social visits. I miss the deeper talks.
So, I miss that person, whomever they would be.
You are seeking connection. I am, too. I feel the same way. My closest friends all live far away and I've just isolated so much here where I am that I feel most of my friendships have turned into acquaintances. I too, desire the sort of friend you described.