-I’m on a Discord server composed with people i know since a dozen years. Despite some heavy drama, this is the most perennial community i’ve ever frequented. We care heavily for eachother and they know some thing i never told to my own mother. We were first on a discussion forum then moved to discord when the site linked to the forum died.

-My sister’s friends. She is so close to them that they all became mine.

  • JayJLeas@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 days ago

    My bros I met when I was working at KFC about 18 years ago.
    One is an extrovert who adopted me because I was sitting and reading alone in the break room on his first day and who is happy to advise me when I struggle.
    The other is another introvert who sometimes goes AWOL for weeks or months but I know always has my back in the end and I can tell him anything.
    Lately we’ve been trying to get together every month at least for my mental health and it has been amazing.
    Somewhat recently (about 9 years ago I think) one of them gained a partner who’s been an amazing addition to our little found family.
    All of us have abusive parents, so we’re all each other’s family.

  • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    5 days ago

    25 years ago I got into playing Unreal Tournament.

    I still talk daily with some of the people from that community across several countries. We’ve never met, never will, but we’ve shared stuff that our real families don’t know.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 days ago

    I have come to grips with the fact that I am not capable of maintaining relationships like this. I have no one close to me like this or even casually close. Honestly though, after so many years of failing, not at making friends but at keeping them, I have come to terms that it is not natural for me to have them.

    I am very good at making friends but I lose interest after some time and it feels like a burden to keep up the friendship. I am perfectly fine without them though so I can’t see why I should keep trying.

    Maybe it’s a condition… Maybe I’m born with it 🤷

  • fckreddit@lemmy.ml
    5·
    5 days ago

    Barista and waitresses at this cafe I am a regular at. Even a couple of chefs there. I have come to respect them and they like me, despite my many, many faults.