[throwmylifawy]

Yeah I agree, it is funny hearing younger people claim that all of their friends are their best friends and as they get older their relationships dwindle. I suspect that it is crucial for young people to have more relationships in order to socialize them during early development. Once you hit your 40's having too many relationships becomes a burden.

[t-writescode]

And yet so many people on the internet mourn the difficulty of acquiring friends in their 30s, so perhaps having too many relationships is a good problem to have, given how hard it is to find someone.

[offtop5]

I'll actually blame the internet for this.

In the 1980s if you wanted to meet someone you had to build a social circle and do things. Even though I don't like clubs, my friends would pull me to them , and occasionally I'd meet someone.

I'm not on social media/ online dating because I found it to be a stressful time suck.

Now you have an entire generation who see social circles as optional. So they sit inside all day swipping right , and when they find they've been chatting with Bots all day, they lash out on Reddit.

The best part of going out with my friends was always spending time with them. It wasn't a matter of go to club 3 times == find partner. Chilling with your friends, even just the Uber home , is its own reward.

At the same time you definitely can invest time in real social activities. A colleague of mine, who's married casually remarked all the guys in her tennis class have phds. You want to be a PhD, or another high income individual who spends his or her free time in tennis class, not an angry net citizen who complains about liberals all day on Reddit.