Smaller and Smaller Circles

The main metaphor of my life, with regards to friendships, has always been a “revolving door.” People enter and leave as quickly as they came in. I’m no stranger to the countless hellos and goodbyes of strangers. I used to live on Omegle since 2013, man. “Stranger has disconnected,” is my tagline when it comes to friends at this point. It’s funny because I’ve met people and then, after one conversation with some of them, they leave stop responding within the same day.I can get why, some people and I just don’t click; I’ve done the same many, many times before as well. I just don’t click with them. But this is a pretty understandable feeling, not everyone clicks with everyone. Some people might find you too extra, too boring to talk to, too late to reply, and a bunch of other valid reasons. Despite all that, there is one special subset of people that I do talk to. The ones who stay until the next day, and for many months, years after. Friends. My friends.While it’s common, and even…