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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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Ah the transitoriness and impermanence of life...
Life is too short to look back. look forward...
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there's a HUGE maturity process that takes place from 25-32
You are teenager still at 25, think like one at least. At 32 you are more of an adult and being married with kids amplifies that. |
Age alone has littel impact on maturity level, experience is the biggest factor.
there are plenty of 50 yr olds who are basically self-centred and childish. Usually the ones who have had it easy. never been out of their home area let alone their own country. |
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trueblue
Joined: 15 Jun 2014
Location: In between the lines
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Basically, the ones that actually bother to keep in touch with you, are your true friends. But, I could be off target.
It is natural, OP. Perhaps they thought YOU changed?
And, groups or past buddies that hand around and do drugs, most often, the the common factor that binds them together is..doing drugs. So, don't sweat it.
And, if one is lucky to have two or three true friends, one is lucky (I'm talking about, laying one's life down for another) |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Believe it or not, this topic has come up before on this forum 
2 things that come to mind from previous discussions:
1) Your friends ( & potential employers ) sometimes have a hard time wrapping their head around the idea "Where have you been?" ...... "I've been in Korea." ..... "Oh, ... Uh .... North or South?"
2) "What was Korea like?" ..... "Well, it was ..." ........ You remember Billy Joe from Southside? Well, he got busted for meth and broke up with Bobbie Sue!" .... "Well, I ...." "I think somebody at work is messin' with the size of my cubicle while I'm at home at night!" |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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I think I'm doing okay. Been away three and a half years but when I went back at the end of my third it didn't feel like a big disconnect had formed between me and my close friends. Little things like fantasy football leagues have kept me relevant, and I've always been conscious of not being that guy that went traveling and came back acting all superior to everyone else and harping on about my travels, life in Korea and things that aren't directly relevant to them. Those are some of the people I can imagine losing friends when they get back, because people can't stand to hear them going on as if they're Marco Polo.
I reckon it also helps when you're close enough with friends that you don't have to ask each other 'How are things?' in messages and can cut straight to the chase and ask 'Are you watching Brazil-Germany?' etc. It's tedious having to go through the polite fluff before you get to the point and seems to result in messages not getting answered for weeks |
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