I am not as social
After a long day of hard work, I went back dorm and sit next to my desk. Like usual, I started to think: I thought about things I did and how to do better. Yet overall I know that I am not a very sociable person. I see many people being social like Warren, Ryogo, Fiona. However, I am not one of them. Honestly, I don’t even know these sociable people very well at all. This is clear proof that I am not communicative.
I can say that I am no people-pleaser though I often make jokes about the harsh reality of things and word games. Yet I bet none of you ever heard me talking to anyone who is not close to me or none Chinese. Even if you did, I am assured to be talking about studying. Never about other things.
So you may ask me now if I am not as social, how did I make some friends in the first place? To be clear, I am not anti-social, not an extremely person who hates being social. I do, social, but way below average. While I heard Kaiwen and Davis talking about League of Legend and while Warren and his friends enjoying the caviar of friendship. I sit down, pull out my phone and listen to “JOJO bizarre adventure theme song - Giorno’s theme”.
I am changing, nevertheless, because of the fact that I realize the school provided me with the power to become social. And I have learned that by making closely related friends you first:
1. Never joke at the first meeting as it is always serious no matter what.
2. Friendship is made by chatting for a long time.
Whenever your Chat-o-meter is filled for the day, then you may stop talking. If the Chat-o-meter goes below 0 then he is obviously not in the mood or just prefers unfriendly to you. However, everything can be changed. I knew a friend who has been talking with me for at least 5 hours on the phone just a chat (he is Chinese and close to me of course). (By the way, Chat-o-meter is an intricate device that was created for the purpose to become more sociable for me.)
3. Once a soul friend is made you will never need to talk to him every day.
Because he knows you so well that communications like such are not necessary. Therefore, talking is not required in this process, but still, some chatting would be very helpful and fun!
4. You may never truly understand a friend, which lead to a failure in friendship
To truly understand someone requires at least master philosophical and psychological skills. Only then you will know how to simulate their life day by day and will know their creed and idea of thinking.
5. People-pleasers might not be a good option for a very related friend.
While people-pleasers and themselves can potentially become very closed, I mean super closed, friends, and they are always kind and nice to everyone in general. They might not be super nice to one single friend!
I believe this is because whenever you talk to them, they will put up a mask to make you believe that they are interested in the things you say. However, when you found out the truth about them you might refuse to accept it. Therefore, leading to a problem where they cannot be a soul friend of yours until you all settle down the misunderstandings.
6. There are 4 types of friends know to exist: The must, the trust, the rust and the just.
Must mean best/soul friend, trust is a very good friend of yours yet does not help you when the world of yours fall down “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” The rust, just like the word, knows for a long time yet still not part of your group of people. They just are the people you know, the minimum level of this type of friend is not hostile to you or your action, they may speak in a passive-aggressive way to shake off your daily conversations. (Unfortunately, or perhaps, fortunately, according to my senior, he said that it is good to have a roommate who is nothing more than rust friends).
And that is all I know so far, leave a comment down below to freely argue and criticize where I had done wrong! I am more than pleased to hear you prove my mistakes so I can make more friends. In fact, if you read it you must criticize me somewhere in the essay about my understanding of a friend. If you found nothing wrong with the essay I will unfriend you!













