Can anyone offer any advice please? Not on how to meet new people but on how to make friends with people and maintain those friendships. I was good at this as a child, then, as a teen, it started to become harder. I remember one friend saying I was hard to get to know but worth knowing in the end. Then, in my 20s and 30s I suffered a series of really unpleasant experiences at the hands of 'friends' which totally knocked my confidence so that now, in my 40s, I practically go out of my way to avoid making friends for fear of similar rejection.
Recently, I have made some new friends, which is great, but they are long distance relationships and so, in a way, not the real thing iyswim. I want to make local friends but I feel I have pushed everyone locally away. I also see my children struggle to make friends and feel in some way to blame for this.
I want this situation to stop. So please, tell me, the next time someone crosses my path in life, how do I go about making friends and maintaining that friendship? I really don't want to end up a lonely old woman and I can't stand seeing my children missing out either.
BTW, I am not using my usual name here as I have even messed up relationships with Mners I have met
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HooNose · 08/03/2014 19:01
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