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Originally Posted by Jesus.
Do people actually network for friendships though. I mean, I've seen people pretend to be friends with people and then turn on them at the first chance they get, but I've never really seen it in proper friendships.
Maybe I'm just lucky? But friendships requires effort from both parties, and the people that are networking, don't seem to want to share that commitment. Don't get me wrong, my work involves constant networking, but I'd never consider those people friends.
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Yeah definitely. I study a language at uni so I'm friends (or 'friends') with a lot of people who are constantly moving around either to study, to work or to go on holiday and they just seem to have this endless list of friends that they're always making plans to go and visit in some foreign destination but then something else comes up and you're never really sure if they're talking to you because they consider you a friend or because you're there at that moment in time.
Not all of my friends are like that, but I think perhaps I've come into contact with more people like that than most will in their lives because of what I've chosen to study. These are the kind of people who you will get to know through shared experiences but who will disappear at the drop of a hat and not say a word to you until they're back again. You're never sure where you stand with them.