That sounds like a way to guarantee your relationships are transactional? And sounds a bit pessimistic of the value in other humans? The article resonated with

That sounds like a way to guarantee your relationships are transactional? And sounds a bit pessimistic of the value in other humans? The article resonated with me quite a bit, and reading your comment made me reread the article deeper to better respond. To your points: 1) the article kind of says this. Their "T1" friends are very small. 2) are they? I have people I really connect with on computers, tech, etc and others I am friendly with and we can hang but past that there's just nothing except two civil friendly ppl hanging out. This is aside from the people I'm _really_ close with. 3 & 4) why would anyone want a variety of acquaintances, that's just aiming for everyone in your life being transactional? I loathe this idea, to just be surrounded by people who have varied interests but so much emotional distance as to not be there. I have had fun in groups like that, but if that was _all_ my social relationships I would feel terrible.