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Makes me feel anxious and underestimate my ability to be a worthy friend and make it feels like I have to live up to some expectations. As a teenager I remember instances of people being insincere about it, branding you a friend to guilt-trip you whenever you wouldn't "be a friend" to their...

The perception of being old changes with age. As a boy I used to picture people in their 20s as old, and call them mister/misses. Now that I am nearing my 30s a lot has changed on how I relate to people older than me — I consider people in their 50-60s as still young.

This is saddening, that's how it feels with my parents as well, my father barely takes any initiatives with my mother (restaurant or outdoor activities). I wonder what could have caused this with both our parents. Maybe boredom

I relate to this. My father's disinterest in having a normal relationship with us led to the same outcome — We barely talk to each other and whichever exchange we might have is superficial (holidays/birthdays and settling for "Hi, how are you?"). I've tried getting closer by suggesting that we...

Didn't expect to have that many reactions from you guys, I appreciate your acknowledgement 🙂 . Thank you lily 👋😁 Certainly 🙂 It's Vincennes' Palace. And you are correct, it was built in the 14th century. I appreciate your comment FountainandFairfax! 😁

Thanks man 👋😁

It generally takes a person you feel comfortable around to look authentic in a photo, I was lucky to be with that person for this:

Hey man! I like your new avatar 😁

There is truth to this saying, the impact of one's mistakes is relative to how they'd be perceived and how trivialising you'd be of them. Suppose I am a musician performing in front of a huge crowd, me playing a couple of wrong notes would make me assume the audience's thinking I'm a failure...

Thanks for the encouragements Miserum :) You are right, becoming better with practice applies to everything.

I appreciate your message lily! Having people who relate to this makes me feel less of an alien

I get where you're coming from — others taking an honest opinion too personally even if your intentions are in no way rude or judgemental. It feels like there is an unrealistic etiquette to abide by to seem "normal", even if it involves white lies. Technically, those who'd have it in for you...

Never lose hope, things happen in unpredictable ways at unexpected places. It took me and my girlfriend more than 26 years to experience our first ever relationship. We might feel rushed by social norms, but there are in fact no absolute rules. I relate to your situation, my isolation and...

I appreciate your words NathanielWingatePeaslee :) It's possibly an impression I have of going "socially numb" after last year's situation

Hello everyone, The title might come off as taunting to the society-haters many of us are; this nonetheless became clearer during this period of unemployment and sanitary restrictions. While not having seen most of my acquaintances for more than a year now, my communication skills have been...

I'm sorry to hear that Graeme, some people are just like that, too proud to admit that they're wrong or not caring about listening to one's version. This is sad; I have experienced this myself with some of my family members. Do you communicate your ideas easily? This has been my hinder for the...

I do feel that way lately, there are some people I really miss being with

Such a nice and original thing to say! I don't remember coming across this kind of threads on the forum. I'm feeling apprehensive about not mentioning enough members or forgetting about anyone. Many members I could mention in fact, most of which aren't active lately, a shoutout to those who...

This is quite normal :) , glad to see this is being of help. If it's a cold I think it'd soon recover, I personally had something happening with my skin during the lockdown, thinking it was Corona's doing. Given a lack of knowledge of all of its symptoms, anyone could get paranoid about...