2006-11-25 17:24:51 · 19 answers · asked by LL 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
you have friends you haven't seen in a while....school friends
neighborhood friends
and many people don't get involved in others lives once they start working..there isn't much time if you have a husband or wife or kids...your time is precious. You also have your parents and sisters and brothers, cousins....when someone asks you if you have friends you tell them you have a large loving family that takes up all of your time. That you all have been very close and you want to keep it that way...then proceed to make a new friend...go out to eat..play games, sports, museums, visit sights.
2006-11-25 17:30:10 · answer #1 · answered by debbie2243 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can reply that you are working on making friends. For those questioners who don't like that answer, offer to keep them posted on your progress making friends. Then follow through with making friends and keeping your questioner posted.
To make a friend, be a friend. People are positively responsive to someone genuinely interested in them. Maintain your new friendship with genuine friendship. When a friendship does not work out, move on and make a new friend. Broken friendships can be restored, but both must agree to it. One-sided friendships are not mutually genuine.
2006-11-26 08:04:03 · answer #2 · answered by Piguy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Say you may not have many friends, but the ones you do have are true friends. If you don't actually have friends I suggest you go out and find some people with whom you share an interest and make friends with them.
2006-11-26 05:25:39 · answer #3 · answered by arcanehex 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ignore them and be happy with who you are.I have the same problem @ work and find myself to be the most productive in the group. Gossiping as never been my thing and this is a wonderful way to keep yourself out of the trend. Do be careful with how many enemies you make because Ur boss may see you as not a team player.
2006-11-26 04:37:16 · answer #4 · answered by wickedvixen1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do they ask you a lot, just to be mean? Ignore them, don't try to tell them who your friends are or anything. Say something related to a different topic.
When I was in third grade someone told me I didn't have any friends. So I spent the day getting all my friends to sign a piece of paper saying we were friends!
2006-11-26 03:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem you do. I just moved to a new place and I don't know a soul. I tell them just what I told you. And to be honest, I would rather have no friends, then crappy friends, so I'm taking my sweet time looking for some decent buddies. Don't worry about what they say.
2006-11-26 02:55:13 · answer #6 · answered by Seven Costanza 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tell them its none of their business. Because its not. I find that kind of question rude. If people at my work asked me that I would ask them why they think that, are they just assuming.? Do they mean at work or in work? Either way tell them its none of their business.
2006-11-27 00:19:10 · answer #7 · answered by jennyve25 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell then that you haven't found anyone good enough to be your friend.
Hey, it's hard finding good friends. You can't have friends just for the sake of having friends, you need to find the right ones and make sure they're your REAL friends.
2006-11-26 09:49:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So how would these people know you do not have friends? I have never had co-workers ask about my friends. I wouldn`t care what they "think."
2006-11-26 01:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just tell them sorry i'm just a loner and have been hurt by friends so i just stay to my self till i can find out who is going to really be a friend or just talk about me when i;m not there
2006-11-26 01:31:36 · answer #10 · answered by dalecollins64 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋