Hello social butterfly. I have been out of the troof since 83 and I have never began a friendship with anyone. People have acquaintences, your lucky if you have 1 or 2 friends in your life. It must be a JW thing. When I was a witnoid, I thought everyone was my friend. I do have a wife and a son. They are my friends. Maybe its just me and who I have been around. Or I just watch and see how things are.
There is a thing the lawyers call quid quo pro, it means something for something, Thats the operating principal for humans, everybody wants something. I have a band we use each other to make music. I have played softball and soccer, the people on the team are teamates to win a game. When I was a witness I used to get together and drink a lot with the witnoids they were my drinking budies, we shared our misery.
Everyones sincerity is measured by what they want and what you take and give them.
A few years back, I had someone you would call a friend. He told me he was a lawyer and he would talk and act like a lawyer and tell everyone we knew he was a lawyer. But I did my own background check on him and found he was a con man trying to steal my identity. You just have to have a feel for people and be aware. The longer you live the more sinister it gets.
Without having to outright conduct an intensive background check on every new person you meet, how do you know if someone is genuine when they begin a friendship with you? How do you know their words are sincere?
Ask yourself what do they want? Ask yourself what do you want? Sex? Do you want to be on a team. Quid quo pro use that to direct your life, because thats what drives it. Everybodys working an angle.
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