October 25, 2002
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Do you make new friends easily?

I don't go searching for new friends, but if I meet someone I am usually laid back and open to a friendship. I'd say I make friends fairly easily.

Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ USA

Yes I do. I can't help myself. I like people. I like an audience.

Laura, 37
Lowell, MA USA

I guess, because it's not like I try. I don't usually talk much around people I don't know. Sometimes when I start talking we hit it off, and sometimes we don't. But my friends can never get me to shut up.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

I feel pretty comfortable in new situations and chatting with new people. However, forming lasting friendships has never been easy for me.

Felicia, 36
Lowell, MA USA

Not exactly easily, no. I make new aquaintences easily, being friendly with people and the like but
actually becoming "friends" takes some doing.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park, KS USA

I meet people easily enough but I'm not sure if friends should be made or simply allowed to happen.

Alias Irrelevante

No. I'm out of practice. My husband was my best friend, so I didn't feel the need to cultivate new
friendships. We were married 26 years before he died. I can carry on a conversation with almost anyone, and I get along fine with almost everyone I know, but I don't make new friends quickly.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

I'm fairly shy but I am nice so I make friends that way. By being nice.

Stephanie, 25
TX USA

Quite.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

No. I make friends easier with a little Dutch courage, though.

Aly, 17
Cardiff UK

No im very shy and socially awkward. For this reason it is almost impossible for me to make friends. Thats why i have none!

Talia, 25
Reading, CT USA

I'm afraid I don't and I don't know why. Oh, people think I am funny and interesting but they never become friends that I feel I can confide in.

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

I think so, for the most part.

Ashley, 20
Jacksonville, FL USA

I get along with people easily and form acquaintances quickly. As far as like close friendships, those usually take time to develop.

Cara, 18
Valparasio, IN USA

I would say so. Usually I meet new people at work, church or thru my kids.

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick, NJ USA

Yes, but I also cherish old ones.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

Nope.

Firelady, 24
Frisco, TX USA

I am very easy going and I do make freinds easlily...but lately I havent been meeting any new people to make friends with!

Tam

To quote old Stone Cold, "Hell No!" Some of the friends I do have, insist on torturing me in my dreams (like Freddie Krueger)...including one of the 2000 dazed people...the problem I have with one of my friends, and said person knows who they area...is determining where I stand with said person...which leads me to my croaking nightmares...

Augustus, 31
Rome

Not at all. I get very shy in social situations and if I'm not introduced to people by someone or if they don't come up to me I usually don't talk to anyone. The friends I do make a very good though.

Em, 16
Harrisburg, PA USA

Pretty easily, although I am kind of reserved.

Judy, 62
Easton, KS USA

I think so.

Ryan, 29
Morton, IL USA

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