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overinvested
. I thought I wanted to befriend that guy, so I did. Now that we've started becoming friends, I realized I don't want as close of a relation as I just cultivated... 070429
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Overanalyst Yet, how was I to know, short of getting in this far, whether or not I wanted to be in this far? Not that I'm so far in; just that I'm in far enough to see that I'd prefer withdraw a bit, but now he thinks we're getting really close. Actually, until he (older than I) grows up a bit, there isn't much capacity for mutual growth. And I'm not going to wait around for him to become someone he isn't, especially at the friendship-and-nothing-more level. 070429
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. When it comes to predicting healthy friendships, my extrapolatory skills are apparently quite lacking. 070429