How many close friends do u have?

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The US seems to have a lot more done "from the home" than Australia.

We don't have much homeschooling and we don't have much home-selling.

The problem with a lot of parents in Australia is that they become your friends temporarily because they need you, then use you as a stepping stone up. ie: They attempt to publicly crush you to get recognition from their peers.

It happens to my wife a lot because she actually cares how they treat her.

They get no reaction other than disinterest from me, so it always backfires on them.

You two are just like my husband and me. No one can affect him. And I'm easily injured. I've found that suburbs cause people to live close together, but that doesn't make them close. Maybe your wife could find true friendship through interest groups? Do you have book clubs, or support groups near you? Maybe she could get involved in community projects? Things that don't help people's "social resume," tend to attract more genuine participants. I'm currently mosaicking a trash container for an elementary school. Lots of moms were on the committee, but have disappeared now that the meetings are over and the actual work needs to be done. The moms that have stuck around to do the 'dirty' work are really nice.

An interest group would probably be good for my wife but she's had so many social issues that she's a bit scared to try anything these days. Probably she's lost her social touch because she hangs around me too much.

LOL! Aspies aren't contagious (although I'd be nice if they were...) we could change everything to fit us!

Truthfully, my answer would be 2 as, I've always found it very difficult to disclose things of a personal nature however, I try not avoid people just, find it difficult to become friends with someone and thoughtfully trust someone wholeheartedly if this makes sense?

ProfessorX

it's the same with me
but currently i have two close friends, wich is new
i try and keep them both if i can

I have got 2 close friends only. One of them is my best friend, the other one is just some one i hang out with sometimes

Absolutely 0.
I think I have an online friend, hes pretty cool.
Oh, and theres kilroy, hes awesome. Havent heard from him in a while though

I have two currently, my friend Pat from high school and my friend Kelly (who I've known since I was little.) Also, I made a friend at my old job, but I wouldn't say that he's a close friend.

Also, I have a whole bunch of internet buddies.

So far, one really close friend from high school. We are total opposites in every way imaginable, but I love him more deeply than any other human outside of my family. I don't get to see him often anymore, but his existence is often enough to make me feel better.
I would like a couple more, and they may be coming. I'm a freshman in a college in a large metropolitan area, so you never know whom I may find.

Actually none at present. Although a year to a year and a half ago I would have said five.

In the last year (and a half).....

My friend, M. passed away suddenly.

My friend, K. decided she didn't like me, only tolerated me (barely) because I was still friends with her husband, J. A few years later K. and J. got a divorce.

My friend, J. (same J. as above), moved back in with his ex K. As a result I rarely hear from him.

My friend, A. decided she "has been healed" after joining a church, and despite her pastors advise quit her medication and seeing her therapist. She has become so delusional (thinks she is married to a dead man, has had several so called "husbands" in the past several years) and irrational that I can no longer be friends, as she could become dangerous. I have even (at cost) put a phone block against her number, althought she gets me from other phones occasionally.

Finally, my friend, D.... This frindship feel apart due to lack of contact. Not intentional really, just happend.

So, for the first time since 1999, I am 100% friendless.

would you like to try for a third one

I still have 0 friends.

Go to the Mods and complain about it.

I have no friends including people online.

I have... one very close friend... I used to have many, but they went deeper into the drug scene, and I left the drug scene, so they are not on my list of social contacts anymore. Other than the one though, I have like 3 or 4 other friends which I don't really talk to anymore.