Good Friends
*I'm getting later and later on my Sunday post!*
We've had the privilege of having Jen and Des over for a few days before they embark on their "Across the USA" tour. It's been great to catch up with them, and once again reminds me how hard it is to establish good friendships in a foreign city.
I was comparing with Des what it would have been like to move to UK instead of US, and the amount of events that I would get to go to with friends would have been quite high from the start. Whereas here in NY, there are times where we wouldn't have that much to do on the weekend. We would sometimes have to think hard about things to do. Whilst that gives us a great level of freedom, there are time when it's just the two of us.
From that perspective, Bec and I have come to rely on each other a lot more. It has been said that NY can be a lonely place if you're here by yourself, so I'm very happy that our relationship has gotten stronger with this increased "togetherness", for want of a better term.
Slowly, we're making better friends, and I'm glad to say that I actually have one or two decent American friends. It really is about effort and time to establish that bond with people. Perhaps that is why it takes a year to really settle down into a place.
Playing volleyball definitely helps with the socialising, and now that Bec is "in" with these funky bars we go to, perhaps we might finally get some free drinks!
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It's funny that you say that. I was talking to a couple of friends who had lived in NYC, just a couple of days ago. Their take on the city is that it's FAB to live in, but it's also dang hard to make friends with anyone in that city. I didn't understand, and that's when they called me a Small-City-Gal :)
Apparently, if you live in a Big-City that's packed with people, all you crave is independence and space. Which is why it's hard to make friends with New Yorkers.
Whereas, since I'm from a Small-City and used to emptiness, all I crave is other people's company.
Of course I *huffed up* my chest at the suggestion that Sydney's a small city ;)
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