Welcome to another week to pen down success, I can say I had a nice time throughout the celebration week, and I'm sure it's going to be another step to success. @Hivelearners is known for reasonable and connecting prompts and this is the beauty of the community.
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In response to today's prompt, I can say I'm not the type that easily makes friends based on one attitude of mine that people regard as pride which I call high self-esteem and self-importance. I believe so much in first impressions, and I've been working with it for years. It has been of great help to me in choosing my friends and this is why I don't keep many friends because the larger the number of friends I have, the bigger the problem. Problems are one of the things I detest with passion, especially with people of the same gender as I am. Problems with ladies don't get solved easily, there will be an uproar of other attached problems while trying to solve the ones at hand.
I find it difficult to make friends because I do take my time to study with whoever I want to be friends with. In the process of studying you if we have things in common I found out that the friendship would become a problem for me afterward, I quickly withdrew and just kept you as an acquaintance, not as a friend. I have quite a good number of acquaintances but have just one friend and this one friend, we've been together for 3 years, complementing each other in the best way we can. Many people who see us do think we don't fight or have misunderstandings but that's because we know how to go about it when we have any issues at all.
I talked about high self-esteem and self-importance in my introduction, this is something I cherish so much. I don't have many friends because some think I am proud, well that's their opinion about me, can't judge them for what they think. I love my peace a lot and I can't jeopardize it for anything, so making friends is more or less like stress to me and that makes me keep my circle so small.
DO I PREFER HAVING FEW FRIENDS?
Yes, I do and that's for my mental health and peace of mind. I mentioned earlier that females can be problematic at times, quarreling over irrelevant things that are worth it. I had once kept a big circle of friends but regretted it after being backstabbed and that was one of the great lessons I learned in life. And that stood as a motivation for me to stay in my lane and keep my circle as small as possible. So it's having few friends for me, because the larger the number, the bigger the problems and why would I want to cause problems for myself? That would be so unreasonable, so to avoid see finish (unnecessary attachment) I would prefer to have a few friends.
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