i think i get more insular as i get older. at a friend's gathering today, there were grps other than our class present.. the me 3-4yrs ago would have tried to talk to the 'strangers' and tried to include them in our conversations. i dislike being left out so i try not to do that to others... but i didn't exactly try very hard just now. perhaps i've reached a pt where making new friends is just so ley chey (troublesome, taking too much effort) that i'll much prefer just chatting with old friends, friends i've know for some length of time, because it's familiar, warm, fun and just less taxing because you are so comfortable with them, you are you with them...

it's bad, it's mean, but it takes a whole lot of energy to move a body from inertia.. i think i thrive with familiar faces..

who doesn't? =) totally understand what you mean... =)