I am trying to understand if its just me or are there others like me?
Over the years and it feels like its gotten worse. I feel like I am always reaching out to friends and family and that people are not reaching out to me. I know you think this is selfishness. I am just feeling like I am taking the time to message friends and family but no one is doing the same. Do we just not keep in touch with others anymore unless we need something? Do we not just want to see how people are doing especially people we call family?
Christmas came and went by the end of the day I messaged a few people and got a simple "Merry Christmas!" But its not only the holidays, its all year.
I have been trying to message my friends and family at least once a week or every other week to see how they are doing. If a person comes across my mind I message them and say hey I was thinking about you and wanted to see how your doing, and what you have been up to?
I sometimes get a one sentence answer or nothing at all. Some friends I stopped messaging all together and I have not heard from them in the last year at all.
So I guess I am wondering from all different ages do you find this happening to you? If you do how does it make you feel? If you dont reach out to people, why not? I feel like we as a society are not keeping in touch as often as we used to.
I feel that its due to social media and that we can see everything everyone is doing as they are doing it. Maybe they figure thats a way to see what they are doing.
Thanks for listening, I look forward to seeing what the people of reddit have to say.