I don’t mean banter or just shooting the shit. but discussions or talking with friends about things in your life, or theirs… ya know, showing an interest in someone’s life because they matter to you or them having an interest in your life because you matter to them?

  • db2@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 days ago

    When is the last time you had actual conversations with friends?

    I gave up on that a long time ago because as it turned out the answer to the modified question was never.

  • communism@lemmy.ml
    4·
    6 days ago

    Over the weekend.

    I don’t see small talk or whatever as a sign of a lack of interest in someone. Sometimes there’s nothing that deep going on to talk about.

  • darthelmet@lemmy.world
    1·
    4 days ago

    Semi recently. I’ve got a group of college friends who hang out on discord most nights to game and chat. Most of the time it’s shooting the shit, but we occasionally mix in life talk. We all have some bundle of mental health issues, so stuff related to that comes up a lot. One of my friends has been trying to find a romantic partner and we’ve been giving our fairly limited advice to him on his search.

    It’s kind of a shame that we’re not geographically close enough to see each other in person to be more directly supportive, but it is what it is and we’ve had a few visits over the years. ATM I’m with 2 of them on a trip and we got to spend a lot of time chatting.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    4·
    6 days ago

    In the summer when we see each other more at least weekly.

    In the winter it is a lot more hibernating and activities of daily living so less frequently.

  • zlatiah@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 days ago

    … do parents count?? I don’t have too many friends, if any at all

    Otherwise I indirectly helped a coworker find a BF a few months ago. Yeah I guess that was it