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Why the hell does no one value friendships or relationships anymore?!

I hope u don't mind me ranting a bit I've been soooo frustrated by this that I've had nightmares where I woke up screaming about all of the "friends" I have. WHY DOES NO ONE VALUE RELATIONSHIPS ANYMORE?! Simple question. And it is sooooo utterly DEPRESSING and makes me weep for the world. Everyone doesn't seem to give a crap about keeping up with other people and just seems to move on with life as if that person never existed. I am a very nice person. I socialise. I enjoy going out etc. But none of my friends or ANY new people I come across ever want to do anything!! I'm not even exaggerating. If I don't suggest a plan I'll never hear from them again. They r very nice people but *****y if u know what I mean. Not in a mean way but just boring as f***. Even when I suggest a plan they all crap out in the end. Then I see all the other people in my feeds with tonnes of other friends (who aren't always my friends) going out eating or days out or even holidays together. Ha!!! It'd be impossible getting my friends to go on holiday together. But everyone else seems to be doing life right. 😭😭😭😭

Noticeably my closer friends always ignore my texts whenever I'm suggesting to do something! I literally develop high blood pressure. IGNORING TEXTS IS RUDE!! 😡😡
I treasure friendships a lot. I am never the one to crap out of it. I'm always up for hanging out or chatting etc. I'm always though on the giving end never the receiving end and I'm so tired of it. I still wishing for a group of friends to come along who I can actually be happy with. How sad is that?

I'm in university for Christ sake. Isn't uni suppose to be time for making life long friends and going out having fun. I'm also in London!!! London!! Of all places there could be fun stuff to do there's no excuse not to. And I'm doing medicine! One of the largest courses and supposed party animals and I feel my year as as dull as soup. I cannot get along with them. What's wrong with them or me? I'm starting to feel like this now because everyone I come across is the same: don't care for close relationships. I can't even find one. Yet some people on my FB gets like 300 likes!!! on a not so special everyday post and I am lucky to get double digits :frown: . That in a way indicates how much friends like u and keep up with u. I'm not even doing anything much differently from them but don't get nearly enou likes or acknowledgement.

Now I have read these kinds of threads before and most likely u will give the same answer of find better friends but it begs the question of how???? Literally everywhere I turn I'm confronted by hollow f***ers who I wish I never met bc they all turn out to be just as boring and worthless building on my picture of the human race as growingly disconnected. It makes me even more depressed. I seriously can't be any nicer to people but I just can't build a connection with anyone.

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That's it Jazzyflower, let it all out.
ain't got time for fake a$$ friends
Original post by JazzyFlower
I hope u don't mind me ranting a bit I've been soooo frustrated by this that I've had nightmares where I woke up screaming about all of the "friends" I have. WHY DOES NO ONE VALUE RELATIONSHIPS ANYMORE?! Simple question. And it is sooooo utterly DEPRESSING and makes me weep for the world. Everyone doesn't seem to give a crap about keeping up with other people and just seems to move on with life as if that person never existed. I am a very nice person. I socialise. I enjoy going out etc. But none of my friends or ANY new people I come across ever want to do anything!! I'm not even exaggerating. If I don't suggest a plan I'll never hear from them again. They r very nice people but *****y if u know what I mean. Not in a mean way but just boring as f***. Even when I suggest a plan they all crap out in the end. Then I see all the other people in my feeds with tonnes of other friends (who aren't always my friends) going out eating or days out or even holidays together. Ha!!! It'd be impossible getting my friends to go on holiday together. But everyone else seems to be doing life right. 😭😭😭😭

Noticeably my closer friends always ignore my texts whenever I'm suggesting to do something! I literally develop high blood pressure. IGNORING TEXTS IS RUDE!! 😡😡
I treasure friendships a lot. I am never the one to crap out of it. I'm always up for hanging out or chatting etc. I'm always though on the giving end never the receiving end and I'm so tired of it. I still wishing for a group of friends to come along who I can actually be happy with. How sad is that?

I'm in university for Christ sake. Isn't uni suppose to be time for making life long friends and going out having fun. I'm also in London!!! London!! Of all places there could be fun stuff to do there's no excuse not to. And I'm doing medicine! One of the largest courses and supposed party animals and I feel my year as as dull as soup. I cannot get along with them. What's wrong with them or me? I'm starting to feel like this now because everyone I come across is the same: don't care for close relationships. I can't even find one. Yet some people on my FB gets like 300 likes!!! on a not so special everyday post and I am lucky to get double digits :frown: . That in a way indicates how much friends like u and keep up with u. I'm not even doing anything much differently from them but don't get nearly enou likes or acknowledgement.

Now I have read these kinds of threads before and most likely u will give the same answer of find better friends but it begs the question of how???? Literally everywhere I turn I'm confronted by hollow f***ers who I wish I never met bc they all turn out to be just as boring and worthless building on my picture of the human race as growingly disconnected. It makes me even more depressed. I seriously can't be any nicer to people but I just can't build a connection with anyone.


Honestly, Facebook likes do not indicate any type of caring bond or friendship. Don't place unnecessary value on worthless things like that. :redface:
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Original post by Pokémontrainer
Honestly, Facebook likes do not indicate any type of caring bond or friendship. Don't place unnecessary value on worthless things like that. :redface:


I know but that's only a very minor thing, what bothers me is everything else Ive ranted about. But still with Facebook whenever I post anything extremely joyful hardly get any acknowledgement from my friends but u can't deny those people who get 300 likes on a normal post their friends must really pay attention to their lives. Thx for the reply x
Reply 5
Original post by Rhythmical
That's it Jazzyflower, let it all out.


Haha anonymous ranting is very cathartic 😂 U should have seen the past two times I've woken up screaming sitting up pointing my figure at my 'not really there' friends. I was actually proud that I yelled at my friends for being so terrible until I realised it was only a dream *sigh
Original post by JazzyFlower
I know but that's only a very minor thing, what bothers me is everything else Ive ranted about. But still with Facebook whenever I post anything extremely joyful hardly get any acknowledgement from my friends but u can't deny those people who get 300 likes on a normal post their friends must really pay attention to their lives. Thx for the reply x


I understand. :redface: It sounds like you're being under appreciated. Regardless, your self-worth should never be tied in with what anyone else thinks/doesn't think of you.

Can you make new friends? Join clubs, societies and the like?

If not, then you just have to get out there and strengthen your relationship with yourself. :redface:

The people you see with 300 likes may not have any more friends than you do, btw.
screaming :lolwut:
Reply 8
Original post by eternalhinch
ain't got time for fake a$$ friends


Nah they're not horrible people they're not mean at all. They're actually very nice to talk to and stuff in person if I ever get to see them. Problem is they put no effort into maintaining the friendship when we r not together. I'm pretty much always trying to
plan everything. I'd like it for once if someone would plan and invite me out to do something fun so I can just relax. But yeah best test of friendship is if u asked the question if they were permanently gone from my life would it impact me in a great way. Tbh.....no. So hmm not great. I have no friends I would do anything to keep.
Original post by JazzyFlower
Haha anonymous ranting is very cathartic 😂 U should have seen the past two times I've woken up screaming sitting up pointing my figure at my 'not really there' friends. I was actually proud that I yelled at my friends for being so terrible until I realised it was only a dream *sigh


Honestly don't worry about Facebook likes, a lot of people have loads because they often beg for likes or they simply do like for likes. I find its the ones liking someone's photo of about 20 that means more as you have more of an interest in the picture, the ones with loads are because everyone is liking it.
Original post by JazzyFlower
Nah they're not horrible people they're not mean at all. They're actually very nice to talk to and stuff in person if I ever get to see them. Problem is they put no effort into maintaining the friendship when we r not together. I'm pretty much always trying to
plan everything. I'd like it for once if someone would plan and invite me out to do something fun so I can just relax. But yeah best test of friendship is if u asked the question if they were permanently gone from my life would it impact me in a great way. Tbh.....no. So hmm not great. I have no friends I would do anything to keep.


look if they don't make an effort ditch them...the friendship should work both ways
Original post by Imperion
screaming :lolwut:


Haha is my screaming jumping from the screen must've have been very pumped when I typed it
Original post by JazzyFlower
Haha is my screaming jumping from the screen must've have been very pumped when I typed it


Kinda :laugh:
Original post by Pokémontrainer
I understand. :redface: It sounds like you're being under appreciated. Regardless, your self-worth should never be tied in with what anyone else thinks/doesn't think of you.

Can you make new friends? Join clubs, societies and the like?

If not, then you just have to get out there and strengthen your relationship with yourself. :redface:

The people you see with 300 likes may not have any more friends than you do, btw.


I am pretty independent and enjoy my own company but u know those occasions where it'd just be more fun with company I wish I had some. Ofc I'm in uni there r tonnes of societies but problem is since I am in med school I literally can't find the time to do any clubs. Other medics can either bc they're faster working or don't care as much and want to have fun. But like i said there's this phenomena going on in my life where every single person I come across is exactly the same not caring for a close relationship or anything more than idle chit chat. There's no spark anymore if u know what I mean like that spark u use to get as a child going to school meeting new classmates. Absolutely no click I feel no connection to any new people.

Also the only reason why the FB thing bugs me a bit is because I know those people have tonnes more friend than me they're the more social well known people of my year known to be fun and good company. I'm no different from they are so I don't get why I don't develop any friendships like them *sigh
Original post by eternalhinch
look if they don't make an effort ditch them...the friendship should work both ways


Hmm yes in an ideal world. But if I ditched all the friends who didn't make an effort my friends list would be 0. 😓😓😓 Then again I'm just giving myself the illusion I have a true friends list in my heart it's already at zero. Only difference is I haven't hurt anyone's feelings by telling em how Sh** they are yet. ayiyi depressing just thinking about it. I love going out eating. ,lives, shopping, travelling....I have the money to do tonnes of things...yet no takers. Starting to think there's something wrong with me *sigh
Reply 15
Cause they're boring.
Original post by HeimIX
Cause they're boring.


How do I get not boring friends then? I'm surrounded by them. It's not the image of my friends r geeky and hermits like being indoors to themselves. They r actually social people but never with me or the rest of the friend group. No matter what activity we all suggest.
I personally don't want loads of friends, but I get you about relationships, it's the world, conditioning, technology and economics, it makes people cold and calculating.
A lot of people today are self-absorbed and shallow. Don't waste your time with such people; the real gems are out there waiting, you just have to find them!
Maybe they don't like you?

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