-=> Arelor wrote to Dr. What <=-

Ar> I agree. My point is precisely that actual friends you can rely on for
Ar> anything, even if trivial, are much, much more scarce than people
Ar> think.

Yet people you can trust, to a certain extent, are much more numerous than you
think.

Ar> A funny thing is that University Mafias are composed of people who are
Ar> not friends to each other but actualy cover for each other. You can
Ar> tell of Cathedratics who don't like somebody, yet they still do favors
Ar> to that person in order to get the favor in return later.

I'd label those people as "co-dependants". But I get your point.
But they do have a social structure that allows them to trust one another - at
least somewhat.

Ar> Meanwhile, a
Ar> lot of average folks don't get that relationships have a maintenance
Ar> cost and if you are not contributing at all you will get eventually cut
Ar> out.

That's the problem of people staying in a child-like mentality much longer than
normal. But that's a different problem.

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