Is it normal to not have lots of friends?

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I’ve been through so much when dealing with fake friends, being mistreated by my ex boyfriends, family drama, etc. To now I’m at the point where I only talk to 2 females, don’t talk to any guys at all because I’m working on building myself back up! I sit at home all day with my kids and I’m just fine with that. Is that healthy? And is it normal?

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I don’t have a lot of friends either. When it comes to people, I’m a huge believer in “quality not quantity”

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I used to have a bunch of “friends” but they showed their true side to me and I realized they were never really a friend. Now I have only a few close friends. Quality over quantity!

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Yeah it’s totally normal. Remember quality over quantity

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Girl you wrote about my life. I got 2 friends and my momma my bestfriend. We talk daily and Im home with my kids all day.

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Since when is having tons of friends the standard of a healthy person? Lol. You sound perfectly healthy to me. Having two close intimate relationships is more valuable than having 20 “friends” that don’t even know who you really are. My husband is my best friend. Then I have 2 close female friends and a handful of semi close friends. I have 3 kids, a full time job and I’m going to nursing school full time. I barely have time for the friends I have. I see nothing wrong with you, hun.

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Are used to have a lot of so-called friends, but in life, when shit hits the fan, you learn who your real friends are. Unfortunately I have very few friends, I have had the same best friend since maybe more than 30 years, and other people who are clients and people I work with, but unless I’m sleeping with them, I pretty much keep to myself. My so-called friends only call me when they need something. We have nothing in common anymore and they’re all married and have kids, I’m still single with none. They were either in horrible relationships or controlling relationships they can’t go out there can’t find a sitter they are miserable and they’re just sticking around for the sake of the kids. And when I go see my best friend, I ended being in the middle of their fighting because the two of them are realizing they’re sticking around for the sake of the kids and had she not gotten pregnant six months in, they probably wouldn’t be together. I basically mediate the fights between the two of them. But unfortunately yeah you see people on TV we have a group of girlfriends who do everything together, like sex and the city or girlfriends, but I’ve never had that. Just been used a d taken advantage of basically. ￼

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I can honestly say...outside of my husband and brother... who I'm extremely close with..and my parents, I don't have one single friend. Not a one. Seems pretty normal to me. Everyone has reasons to not have a ton of friends, or any. And they're all legitimate reasons. 🤷🏼‍♀️
I've moved around my whole life, my husband and I don't like drama or bullshit, and we don't have kids nor plan to...makes for pretty slim pickins' in the friend department.

Is it normal to not have lots of friends?

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