Posted by Medusa on August 9, 2002, at 5:16:11
How do you all handle social interactions off-board?
I've always been pretty bad at maintaining contact. Sporadically I'll write letters or send e-mail or make calls, but people end up thinking I'm a flake. I have the feeling that nobody really cares if I stay in touch or not.
Lately I've also excluded some fairly important information from communication with old friends - like that I'm married. I moved away and didn't really say what was going on ... I had hoped to somehow get out of getting married, but was too depressed.
New people I meet don't really interest me much.
I waste a lot of energy on formal social stuff that DH participates in. When I do meet people in these circles that might interest me, I have to maintain a distance, because of DH's family issues.
I guess that social problems are pretty common among the depressed etc, but it doesn't make it fun. How do you all deal with that?
M
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