Was three, now two

What relationships have a positive impact on you?

This kind of makes me laugh. I was talking to my nephew yesterday and we were talking about Antisocial media. He was quite proud to tell me he had 875 friends on Fakebook and was quite putout when I told him he was having a laugh. I asked him to name as many of these friends as he could in 30 seconds, and he could probably reel out about 10 or 12 max. And there is my point, people on social media are not friends and a positive impact on you, nine times out of ten they are there to have a nosey around your life or to try and big up their own lives by stating “Oh look at the friends I’ve got. They’re not friends get over it. They’re doing it for likes.

That’s me off his Christmas list now.

Myself I can count my true friends on my hands. In fact I only need the one hand, in fact I only need two fingers, it was three before August but a death put paid to that relationship.

Now it is two. My wife who I trust implicitly, what she has done for me is just unbelievable, without her I would have been long gone many years ago, she has saved my life. Literally.

Second is my buddy Dave, i probably hear from him twice a year but we are there for each other we would truly go into battle for each other, this bond is strong and its roots go back to our childhood.

Trust is the foundation of a good strong relationship, it is a back bone, break it and there is no more stability.

875 friends eh? They’d all run a mile if you ever needed them.

Peace to your day.

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Author: Balders

Passionate hobbyist, restoring the past, one old camera at a time. iPhone14 Max Pro - Sony A7II and about 80 others from the days of silver halide 📸 Main aim in life - Retirement

7 thoughts on “Was three, now two”

  1. Many newbies jump at getting millions of friends. Keep mine to very close friends, small live people network and old college pals from 55 years ago and a few miscs. Inbox already too full with important nonfacebook stuff. Shocking how many friend offers come in esp from these beatutiful young women. Why would they want to befriend a 75 year old man except to set up some $ scam ?

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  2. Yes, exactly. This is a kind of my social media now to connect people worldwide. I love it.

    Most people here appreciate my place, and most of my FB followers were taken for granted.

    I have to stay on Facebook, but I can say I have a healthy habit of using it. I only used it when I posted my book review there or replied to some of my sisters’ messages. Nothing else. If not for my work, I already uninstall it.

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  3. I agree. I even stopped accepting friends on Facebook. What for? I just posted my work there with no expectations for them to react. It is just a compliance, and I stopped interacting with people there. For me, it’s toxic. I don’t like the content mostly.

    I think it’s better here. More deep thoughts. And not fancy. Just be you: simple and no competition. Even to help each other.

    I think it resonates with less is more.

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    1. It’s very toxic Hazel and to be honest I came off of it about 4 years ago. I don’t need that kind of behaviour, and neither does anyone. This platform is the closest thing I do to social media, you have more control here and it’s true that less is definitely more.

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  4. Good ol’ Farcebook; never showing me posts from actual people on my list while constantly suggesting I should be ‘friends’ with people I’ve never heard of. I do almost nothing with it now, and no doubt that amount of online activity will continue to decline.

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    1. I don’t blame you Marc, I dropped it years ago and my life is the better for it, I just don’t need that and I’m sure a lot of other people would benefit from dropping it but they just don’t seem to be able to tear themselves away from it.

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