What percentage of friendships which randomly started will succeed?
By Stephanie
@haniee29 (13)
August 22, 2021 1:15am CST
At the beginning of the pandemic, the lockdown policy made our movement with the outside world increasingly limited and I feel so bored every day.
Then one day, I was looking for a new application that is unique and not boring. Before that I knew what pen pals were, even though I had never tried them. But honestly it sounds interesting and fun, to imagine we can make friends with people from other parts of the world!
After I search, many applications appear and I start trying to download two or three applications. Honestly I'm really excited to start this online (seems simple and easy). But in fact it is not as easy as it seems, I have written and sent many messages to many people, but only a few of them replied. Or they seem happy at first, we had an interesting convo, however soon they disappeared.
Some of the same things I feel when I make new friends when there is a webinar or organization event. It seemed that we matched and got along well with each other, until we finally lost contact again. It only lasted a few weeks at most.
So I think the percentage of someone who wants to have a serious friendship is very small for this to happen, although there may be some. I never know why, but what do you're guys think?
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8 responses
@Belexhanns (3431)
• Kampala, Uganda
22 Aug 21
Its not easy I think, just because you don't know each other and the distance also matters
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@pumpkinjam (8778)
• United Kingdom
22 Aug 21
In my experience, very few people want/will make the effort to remain friends. However, random friendships can sometimes last longer.
I've had pen pals for years. Some didn't reply after one or two letters, some were on and off and then stopped altogether. A couple continued. One I now consider like a brother, although we've still never met. We've been friends for 25 years.
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@haniee29 (13)
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22 Aug 21
@pumpkinjam woww your friendship is so rare! Really cool both of you can be friends for that long!
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
22 Aug 21
It is not easy to make serious friendship online if that what are you looking for. I think it is nice to just have friends here in mylot than any other sites. Just enjoy discussing anything. 
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@lucky_libby (37)
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22 Aug 21
My response is, very rare to get a real one or very true friendship... Social media is the most accessible means of communication and new acquaintances online... never the less, new friends would come and go...
Now that we are in a pandemic, a little chance to expect a serious or a relationship with other people.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Aug 21
Many of the online friendships I have had only lasted a short time, but there is one exception. I actually met my closest friend online. I didn't expect much when I contacted her. I saw just her profile and decided to send her a message. We exchanged messages for a long time, and then we finally decided to meet. Our meeting went well, and now we visit eachother and talk on the phone almost every day. We have been friends for 14 years.
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@aureategloom (11033)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
25 Aug 21
hmm can you send me that sites in private message please, i'm interested?
i think that it can be difficult for these friendships to last, but it's not impossible. i think it usually happens because people talk a lot and then run out of topics to talk about.
