Inda’s Corner: No More Ugly Friends

Even though I’ve spent much of my life as a loner, I’ve become more aware of the importance of having a reliable community of people around me as I’ve grown older. I’ve talked with friends about things like communes for us single, childless folx so that we’re not alone as we age and have people around us with common interests who can take care of each other. I’ve also thought more about immediate needs of human contact and just someone to share experiences with. Yet still, there are so many things that I continue to parse about adult friendships and why I still find it so hard to make new friends in my older age and very often worry about keeping the ones I have.