This has been my strategy for a long time, and it works. The hard part is the bar for opening up is impossibly high. There's also the chicken/egg problem: som

This has been my strategy for a long time, and it works. The hard part is the bar for opening up is impossibly high. There's also the chicken/egg problem: someone can't get to know you without you opening up, and you can't open up until someone gets to know you. I feel like this is a big factor in increasing loneliness among adults.