I have found in life that you have very few friends and a lot of aquaintances. I can count friends on one hand. One true friend I went to high school with. The last time I spoke with him was about 4 years ago. I still have his number and when I call or he calls we pick up where we left off the last time we talked.
Another friend I have had for 10 years. We talk every morning and thru out the day. We worked (he is still there) for the same company. He would call me every day to find out how and where I was (Working for a trucking outfit).
As it stands now I can be happy sittin by myself on my deck or in my back yard mowin the yard, workin in the garden, trimming trees. Happy just doin. The money only last for a short time. And all those so called friends you bought where are they? Yes, you bought them. Because if you hadn't told them of the money would they have been around? So if you have money, keep your mouth shut and don't say a word. And have all the fun you want by yourself.
Oh don't get me wrong I have paid for friends. There was Autum at Jill's in Dallas Pike WV, Then the little oriental gal at the Okanawa Message parlor in Youngstown OH (I paid two times there), then there was the little gal in SC. Oh wrong type friends LOL.
A read my quote at the bottom. Take what you can, give nothing back.
TNP, I think you have the real gist of what has been said. Don't them places call themselves 'Rent-a-Friend'? And what about those friendly 'commercial beavers'...
I'm friends with whatever, or whomever, that Bangs! Well, used to be...now it's only whatever.
This thread has had some good and funny responses, and I'm not sure if I should try to be funny or wax philosophical. The one statement about few friends and many acquaintances is pretty true. I con't remember where I read it, but I read that if a man can count his friends on the fingers of one hand, he has truly been rich in friendship. But since I've been here, on this forum, I have made good friends with some members I've met, and some that I haven't had the chance to meet! And my military past has left me with many old vet buddies who are more like family than some of my actual family! I don't have lots of money, and people who know me know that, so it isn't money that keeps folks coming back. My wife and I truly enjoy meeting and getting to know people, and having them in our lives. We enjoy breaking bread with folks, and sitting on the front porch, or hanging out at the range or in the shop. This forum has helped me get to know some of the very finest folks I have ever had the good fortune to meet. I guess money isn't everything, but it has caused a lot of harm and evil, so I'm glad to be where I am!
I have a live in GF, I am not interested in getting married. Do not feel that I will ever do that again. After my first wife died in 89, and getting remarried 4 years later, and 14 years after that I was told to leave (in 07). It just ain't worth the pain. So I keep the few friends I have. I talk with them when I can. I have 2 friends who I regularly call. One on a daily basis.
And yes I do have my memories. And there ain't nothin wrong with memories. Just yesterday I was told that I am turning into a crocity old man. My reply was YEP, sure am. I have learned if ya don't like the way I am to bad. I have lived my life for other people before. Now it is time for me. If you want to stick around go for it, if you want to leave go for that too. It doesn't matter to me. I know how to cook, clean, and wash my cloeths, if something breaks I can fix it. I have lived on a truck for the past 15 years of my life. At one point the X physco b--ch from hell was also a driver, for about 2 years. She stopped when I had a massive heart attack and was shut down for a couple years. I have taken other women out on the road with me. One was with me in my truck for 2 years. Left her in Calif. It was getting to the point where my life was not my life anymore.
I am getting older and getting older requires more of me for me. If it sounds selfish oh well. The true love of my life I met when I was 17. Was married at age 18, she passed at age 28. I know you all have heard this before so I won't bore you with it. So now with 2 marrages under my belt it is time for me to enjoy me and who I am.
And yes the memories of the Okanawan Message parlor in Youngstown OH, Autum who dances at Jills in Dallas Pike WV, and the women I have met over the years are still there.
__________________ Take what you can, give nothing back: Capt Jack Sparrow
Ten Man, You still need a couple of friends to go fishin and huntin with, and to go to the range and blow the hell out of some targets.
Hmmmm.......
I was tempted to wax philosophical, as Seabee said, but I resisted in my previous posts to this thread. The humorous side seemed more appropriate, at the time.
Now that everyone's nervous laughter, about getting old and dying, has been dispensed, it may be more appropriate to put some reflection into the question.
I go to the range, blow holes in stuff, and chew the air with other folks there. It seems to temporarily satisfy the social interaction need, but it is still not the same as talking or shooting with a good friend.
Perhaps the lack of friends is independent of the lack of money, after all.
Ten Man, some may think you need money to have friends, But true friends don't give a rats if you're rich or poor. The ones that want you around when you have money, and kick ya to the curb when you're broke, ain't true friends. Me, I'm poor as a church mouse. But I am rich in life. When ya die on the table in the emergency room of a hospital let me tell you, you walk away with a new out look. You look at life in a whole new world. That new world is live life to the fullest. Do what you can, and do things that you have never done before. Within the confines of the law of course.
__________________ Take what you can, give nothing back: Capt Jack Sparrow
TNP, I think you have the real gist of what has been said. Don't them places call themselves 'Rent-a-Friend'? And what about those friendly 'commercial beavers'...
I'm friends with whatever, or whomever, that Bangs! Well, used to be...now it's only whatever.
Well yeah, but that was when I was makin money. I had the money to pay the bills and play. Now it's just pay the bills LOL. Like they say, gettin old ain't for sissys. I am the type that has refused to grow up. Oh I do what needs to be done with responsabilities, but I am all for having fun.
__________________ Take what you can, give nothing back: Capt Jack Sparrow
Trouble was, by his own admission, he forgot what he was supposed to do with'em...poor George.
And then there was lonesome George Gobel...!
****ed, George, George, I'm sure glad my daddy named me Sue!
Don't worry OJH one of these days ol Hugh Heff will wonder why he has these gals hangin at his mansion. It would be a role reverse if he started chargin them for bein there. Wouldn't that be a hoot if he charged by the day or night LOL.
__________________ Take what you can, give nothing back: Capt Jack Sparrow
I read in the paper some years ago, a older fellow said he had no problem finding women his age, only thing was they were more interested in his wallet.
I read in the paper some years ago, a older fellow said he had no problem finding women his age, only thing was they were more interested in his wallet.
That was basically the thought I started this thread with.
We've come full circle. LOL
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