Sophie's Socks and Stuff

I know what you mean - I find the idea of having a large number of 'friends' an odd one. I wonder what it means exactly - I certainly chat happily to anyone and don't find people difficult at all, but how well do you hvae to know someone before they become classified as a 'friend'.

At school I could label people like this, but as I have grown up, moved around the country, changed jobs, I find it more and more difficult. So I have dispensed with labels altogether.
 

There's nothing more liberating than going to do something on your own and not having to watch that someone else is having a good time, or having to stay at a rubbish event because going home early would leave someone without a lift.

I have friends I do music with, friends I do football with, friends I do other stuff with, friends I almost only ever talk to on the internet, friends I routinely and frequently trust with my life. Few of them cross over from one area to another, but one or two do manage it now and then!
 

I know some people find it liberating to do stuff out on their own but it's really not my kind of thing. I much prefer sharing stuff with other people. I get so miserable if I do something on my own and see that everyone else is in groups of friends and stuff. Just makes me realise how isolated I am.