Everyone talks about how our culture and media idealizes romance to an unhealthy degree, but almost no one ever brings up how it does the same to friendship. Arguably worse, since children are exposed to this idealized form of friendship from an early age.

I wanted to see if anyone else shares the theory that people aren't so much "lonely" or sad that they don't have friends (or quality ones) or are having trouble making them, but more that the idealized friendships that kikes stamped into their heads from an early age, where they're always available when you want or need them, and perfectly loyal, don't exist in the real world.

Living in solitude is gay and retarded. I won't read copium threads.

>>33394021 (OP) you develop stupid fucking takes like this by only consuming media
There is no ideal perfect loyal friendship, and that’s literally fucking fine and normal.
The key is to have a variety of acquaintances and friendships, even peers or colleagues. Living like this makes me feel whole.

>>33394040
Kill yourself, "I won't read"poster. You're a shitposter who contributes nothing to any thread

>>33394093
The problem is that these perfect idealized friendships are drilled into our heads from an early age, long before we have any control over what we consume.

I tried really hard throughout my life to "unlearn" it and accept people as they are, but I failed.

>>33394169
You’re sucking your own bullshit up. Try harder. Not at building idealized extra deep best friendships, but honest yet almost surface level acquaintances. Again, spread out across many areas of life. This is the ‘village’ people bitch about yet don’t bother to maintain.

>>33394187
I'm not the type of person who can get enjoyment out of surface level acquaintances. I'm an introvert, so I prefer a small handful of close relationships over a large amount of shallow ones.

>>33394199
Then by gods name what advice do you want. Im an introvert and prefer not to be known in my entirety by one person. Words can have many meanings. Did you just come here to complain about media and blame it on why your life isn’t how you want it?