Do you feel the same way ?

I agree! Not only are we more busy and it is harder to maintain relationships, I've found that I have become more picky about who I associate with. I guess I have more values now.

I believe the wisdom that comes with age leads us to require more from a relationship. When we're kids, we typically define our friends as people we have fun with and are nice to be around, however, as we get older, more requisite components are added to this formula before a person officially becomes a "friend." I think emotional support becomes a huge factor further down the road as we experience life more, as does understanding, and being able to be around somebody of integrity who we can trust with our deep thoughts, feelings, and opinions, and various outlooks on things without being judged or berated for it is also something that we tend to seek in relationships once we get to a certain age which wasn't as much of an issue when we were younger. Most of us do sooner or later realize that true friends are difficult to come by and are so rare that the old adage that you can count them on one hand really is true. So to answer your question, I would say the spirit of that statement is very true in many ways.

Hi there Tudors! yes, I feel the same way too. But maybe that's because we grow wiser as we grow older and compare as to when we were younger, we consider everyone that's a bit close to us as friends and when we're older, we only consider "true" friends as our friends that's why only a few remain. Also, we have friends that we became friends with because we spend a lot of time with them and as we grow older, our priorities change, we start to have our own family, focus on career, business and so on that we don't have that much time for friends anymore like before.

Hi there tudors, Good day. I agree with you, Because when you are getting old, you are with your family and you are busy taking care of them, managing the household and everything. Like my parents, they are so busy right now with our business. Good thing, we do have 2 dogs. That makes them happy when they are stressed and tired from work. I am preparing for this kind of situation, but you know friends will always be friends. =)

For me it's not the same thing. As i get older the more friends i have now. Besides im trying to be so approachable as i get older because i know that i have learned so much from life.