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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 702128" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>That sounds a lot like mine. He never had a lot of friends and he is <em>desperate</em> for them. When I suggested that we'd buy him a train ticket home, his response was, "I don't have anyone there; not anyone at all except you guys!" He's said over and over that he hated his "friends", couldn't stand them, they were stupid, they were awful one way or another. I've heard him say, "Don't you think I know that I'm smarter/better than those people?" When I would say, "Don't hang out with them." his response would be, "They're all I've got!" If you tell him to make different (decent) friends, he'd insist he can't...that people don't like him...that he doesn't know how...that it's not that easy. </p><p></p><p>He truly does not believe he can get by on his own. He didn't think he could live on his own, though he made enough money. He thinks he MUST have people to hang out with. He does not understand that to be a happy, complete person, you must be able to get by on your own; to be happy with your own company first. It makes me sad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 702128, member: 17309"] That sounds a lot like mine. He never had a lot of friends and he is [I]desperate[/I] for them. When I suggested that we'd buy him a train ticket home, his response was, "I don't have anyone there; not anyone at all except you guys!" He's said over and over that he hated his "friends", couldn't stand them, they were stupid, they were awful one way or another. I've heard him say, "Don't you think I know that I'm smarter/better than those people?" When I would say, "Don't hang out with them." his response would be, "They're all I've got!" If you tell him to make different (decent) friends, he'd insist he can't...that people don't like him...that he doesn't know how...that it's not that easy. He truly does not believe he can get by on his own. He didn't think he could live on his own, though he made enough money. He thinks he MUST have people to hang out with. He does not understand that to be a happy, complete person, you must be able to get by on your own; to be happy with your own company first. It makes me sad. [/QUOTE]
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