good dolphin wrote:
I'm not antisocial. I hang out with neighborhood people. I occasionally enjoy their company. I still consider those relationships to be on the same level as a work friend. I'd never confuse it with a real friend who has been through the wars of life with me.
This is exactly how I feel about my neighbors. I wave when I drive by their house. I stop and say hello, if I see them, or they see me walking with the kids, or getting the mail. But, I don't have any interest in trying to build friendships. I have plenty of friends from high school, or even farther back, and it's hard enough to maintain these relationships as we get older, have kids, move away, etc.. I don't have time for new ones.