Social Boundaries

Factoid: there are friendly people and there are unfriendly ones.

Obviously, since I talk to my own hand, I am the latter one and I prefer to choose whom to befriend. I am definitely not one that you can just chat up and reminisce with.

I know that it's great to have many friends but there are just some boundaries that cannot be crossed. If you were a dork in grade school or high school, I will still see you as a dork in adulthood in spite of all the talk on how we should get over the embarrassments of adolescence. To me, you are branded for life no matter how rich or successful you become.

My friends think I'm nasty when I say this but how can I bring myself to be friends with someone I used to laugh at? All I would have are memories of exactly that - what I used to laugh at! Can you imagine it? I would say, "Oh, hi! Yes, of course, I remember you!" And what do I remember? An unkempt girl with eye boogers and drool that reminded me of Igor. I'll not be able to make new friends from old acquaintances that I used to make fun of. I'm too set in my ways... too snobbish... too evil?

I may not have many friends but I am not out to make new ones from the underdogs of my past. I'm not that lonely. I'd rather talk to my own hand, excuse me.