Have you ever been unfriended....in life?

[h0llywood]

I have been unfriended by several life long friends

They must be of the boring type I assume. Only prudes and nuns would unfriend you.

[h0llywood]

Best friend of 15 or so years told me this year that if I do not go to his 30th birthday to Vegas that he would start handing out best friend applications. I guess the last 5 years or so I've been more focused on my family.

Needless to say, I will be going to Vegas and the night I told my wife "I'm telling you, i'm not asking you, that i'm going to vegas" I slept on the couch. I'm sure i'll be sleeping on the couch again when I get back.

[thefuzz]

People's priorities change. I am married and have a kid on the way. I'd rather mow the lawn and bbq then go on bingers.

Some of my friends have a hard time understanding why I am unable to golf 3 out of the 4 weekends a month or why I would rather watch a sporting event (drink and cookout) at my house then go out.

I get that, but never doing anything without the wife....that can't be healthy.

Just sayin.

[KendrickPanther]

Yeah I didn't stay close to anyone from the High School days. Every once in awhile I'll see a picture of them all hanging out together. They don't invite me and I don't know how to feel about that. It's not that i really want to go. It would just be nice if they offered.

I don't talk to any of my college buddies either. There are a few I reached out to and they never responded. I think the society we live in caters to people living without friends. You can do everything online from dating to entertainment. You don't see people hanging out on the porch or in the garage the way my parents generation did.

I come here to talk Panthers because none of my current friends are Panther fans. It would be great to just sit out on the deck and talk sports but my generation doesn't really do that.

[thefuzz]

Yeah I didn't stay close to anyone from the High School days. Every once in awhile I'll see a picture of them all hanging out together. They don't invite me and I don't know how to feel about that. It's not that i really want to go. It would just be nice if they offered.

I don't talk to any of my college buddies either. There are a few I reached out to and they never responded. I think the society we live in caters to people living without friends. You can do everything online from dating to entertainment. You don't see people hanging out on the porch or in the garage the way my parents generation did.

I come here to talk Panthers because none of my current friends are Panther fans. It would be great to just sit out on the deck and talk sports but my generation doesn't really do that.

Not true at all.

At least in Wilmington.

We gather all the time, it's just none of my married buddies.

[KendrickPanther]

All my friends want to go out and be seen. I rather stay home and be heard.

[Niner National]

I was unfriended by most of my close friends by default. I moved away. Then I moved back and they had all moved away.

Only one of my close friends remains in Charlotte, but he has a kid and is getting married this summer. He might unfriend me if I don't go to Jamaica for his wedding.

[Happy Panther]

When I was a little boy my Dad played poker once a week at night, and went a few times a year on "guys" trips to go fishing in the outer banks. That does not seem to happen any more for some reason to the younger generation.

I have a weekly poker game and I love it. We should all have one. But I am the youngest guy in the group.

[Happy Panther]

Now that I recall I did have a falling out with one guy. He moved to Raleigh and we kept up and then had a spat over a chess game of all stupid things. Never spoke to him again. Should probably ring him up.

The only other one was a guy who worked for me and we were tight. Looking back we were probably tight because I was his boss but once I left he said things he shouldn't have and I will never respect him again. Just gave him a good reference though as he is good at what he does. His coworker and I are still great friends.

Otherwise there are folks from which I have drifted but would have a beer with tomorrow.

I am so selfish with my time that I don't need a huge circle of friends. And as you get older you get these quasi friends, neighbors, golfing guys, clients.

[Carolina Husker]

but I got it narrowed down to three options:

a.) Decided he was to Ivy League to be my friend.

Evidently he was right.

[Jase]

I'm far too charming to lose friends.

[pstall]

never really had someone outright unfriend me. time and distance can make others gravitate to other places.

but im a big fan of road trips and doing stuff and im usually the one pulling things together for guys i know.

i think a man has to have a core group of guys he is close with, can confide in and those same guys can tell him exactly what he needs to hear. i have a ton of guys im close to and a ton more i would consider associates. but in a pinch they know they can count on me and i feel like im in the inner circle with a large #.

but to have max impact, you can't spread yourself thin so there is only a handful of guys im willing to go road trip with. but make a compelling argument and you are in.

as for the guys who always say the wife this and that a couple of things are at play here. usually when the guy says that, its code for im not doing a very good job of taking care of the casa. a wife who feels close and secure to her hubby WANTS him to go get some guy time. buy if the schlub is being a bonehead, he can forget about cigars and bourbon or even a tailgate for football. Man Code violation right there.

im lucky in the sense that i can connect easily and have such an eclectic interest in things i can hang with whoever from wherever.

[Jakob]

Knew a girl for 15 years, got in a relationship with her, realized she was crazy.. we never talk anymore but I fuged her hardcore a few times.

[Kurb]

I just don't get it.

Have we as men just given up? I can't get my buddies to plan a 3 day trip to save my life.

It's always, I have to check with the wife.....but I doubt I can make it.

Balls. Where are they?

I can go away for several days at a time

I'm married

I.check with the wife out of respect

I has balls

Your other friends need some P control.