I just met a interesting new person, I hope he turns out to be a new friend!

@Citychic (4067)
United States
August 18, 2009 3:14pm CST
Hello friends, have you ever met someone before that you almost instantly seem to click with? Well I just recently had this experience and I wasn't about to let it pass me by. If you meet a new person, how long does it take for you to decide whether you want to allow that person to be your friend? He was intelligent, whitty as well as street wise and speaks three different languages. I got to know alot about him in such a short amount of time. Now hold up before you all go start trying to put two and two together. This young man was married, and already he's a grandfatherSo don't start thinking that I must have the hots 4 him[em]rasp[/em, I just happen to love people that can make me laugh as it's not something that I do very often. Even though I try to have a good outlook on life!Anyhow, how long would it take you before you decided to allow someone to be your new friend and you start letting them into your personal world and space?
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@wolveren (1586)
• Cebu, Philippines
19 Aug 09
For even for mere friendship it takes a lot of time for me to let just anyone into my personal space. Well of course that meaning letting a form of friendship into you personal space means it's gotta be more of just your basic friendship. Yeah meaning that is more into the more dearer friend to best friend level. I have lots of friends, okay maybe tons of them that I can't even remember their first names. But those are the kind that you meet everyday, being nice to, say hi, stop by awhile to talk then go about your daily life. In the more than cliche level of friendship that would take a whole lot more time for me. cheers!
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
19 Aug 09
Oh yes I am fully aware of what you are saying Wolveren and you have every right to feel that way. I can fully respect you for feeling that way. But I guess that's exactly where I'm coming from. When I say, take a perfect stranger for example. When you first meet them, they are a nothing to you. Then you think in your mind, I wouldn't mind getting to know that person better. So they you might approach them, him/her or whatever the case may be. At some point, during the conversation, you are forming opinions and things inside of your mind as to whether you will allow that person to come into your personal space or not. There are times when I may give a person a little bit of my personal space, just to see how far they will take it. But then if they begin to misuse it, I would have to cut them off from it. Hope you can understand where I'm coming from. If you read my previous message to the commenter you will get more of a clearer understanding as to what all was actually going on. Thanks for your response. In closing, so far, the young guy has done nothing to make me want to shut him off. Happy mylot!
@wolveren (1586)
• Cebu, Philippines
19 Aug 09
Yes, I know where your coming from on that and that isn't really bad at all you know. I gotta hand it to you, you're definitely a great person. Particularly there is nothing wrong by being nice to people and opening some space a little. I am nice too and I learned that from my grannies as you did from your mom like what you mentioned from the other comments you made before mine. That is a good thing really no argument in that. I would like to see you keep on doing that for as long as it takes. I see the value in the virtues that you have just shown everyone here and it warms my hardened heart. Come to think of it, if only I had a sweeter heart as you have and then some. There are bitter experiences in my life that has made me so. But I still do smile at everyone and all the time and its from my heart. I just don't make more close relationships with anyone now a days. But anyways it's just me. Keep doing what you are doing it really is great though and you are definitely on the right track!
@mith018 (57)
• India
19 Aug 09
Before you could be someone's friend learn their character carefully...because they must be worth your friendship
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
19 Aug 09
Hello there Mith018, You have spoken some very profound words my friend. That is why I was taking my time and trying to get to know the person very, carefully. I wouldn't want to jump into an ocean and then find out later on that the water was too deep to swim in then I wound up drowning, do you know what I mean. Even the bible tell us to consider the cost about certain things in life. In other words ,try to think ahead if something will lead you on to a good path or not. I could have easily went out riding with that guy somewhere and then who knows, I maybe could have lost my life. Those kind of chances I don't believe in taking. He and I were both talking about the fact that in this day and age, you really do have to know who is who. Before you can go out there running around with them. If not you could wind up getting yourself into some serious trouble. God bless you friend. Please be sure to add me as a friend. Take care and thanks a billion for your profound words and for sharing, happy mylot.
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
18 Aug 09
I don't think it is necessarily a certain amount of time, I think it just depends on when and where you will see them again. If they happen to be around the same place as you a lot, because you have other people in common, then sometimes you can become friends right away. I know the last person I met was at a birthday party where we all camped out. I didn't think much of it at first, but since he was there that night and the next day, we really got to know each other a bit. And then the next time I seen him, he just automatically started throwing a frisbee to me and we were joking with the others like we had known each other for a while.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
19 Aug 09
Hello KyKidd, that sounds like a very good experience that you had and very typical of the way relationships are usually formed when we are in the younger age category. See at that time we all tend to be in closer contact with lots of people. But as we all get older and tend to drift off into our married lives, etc. And start doing out own thing. Well let's just say that some of us don't actually come into a lot of close contacts with people. So therefore close encounters could be darn near impossible. Not to mention how difficult it could be just to even get things on a mere friendship basis. So anyways, I shall wait and we'll see if I happen to encounter him again then will take it from there. At this point I really don't foresee myself seeing him again. Simply because he came to do what he came here for. The mission was accomplished and that was that. Hopefully I won't have to see him again. At least not for a while, simply because of the money involved, hee hee. But than again as I stated earlier. I don't mind paying for something if I'm getting what I"m paying for. take care and have a nice day. Please add me as a friend if you don't mind.