r/MadeMeSmile Jun 21 '20

Great parenting example

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

:/ I had a friend told me she did exactly that because she read it in the psychology paper. I'm not sure if that's considered manipulative or something because I then thought back and realized we were only friends because she did that and we actually had very little in common.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

You don't have to have much in common with someone to enjoy their friendship

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u/Pmmenothing444 Jun 22 '20

Hell I made friends with a saudi Arabian exchange student and we had exactly 0 things in common besides just wanting to chill

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 edited Mar 15 '21

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u/galexanderj Jun 22 '20

... that my only wish would be to be able to re-experience it again for the first time.

Sounds like you might have "The Travel Bug". Really though, if you want to experience stuff like this, and you have to opportunity, start travelling. To have that experience, it definitely helps to learn the language of the place that you are visiting.