Well good for you. I had a train ride once but those toilets are really cramped. Still, there's a lot to be said for the motion of the train if you can sync with the rhythm.
Gwan Simon O'Donnell, don't let anybody tell ya that inbreeding is a bad thing. If it was good enough for your daddy an your grand-daddy and your......
Hands on experience is the only way to go. You learn to triage the one's that will never ride from the one's that are too drunk and the one's that will ride if you work on them a bit. In the clubs of Marseille you only have moments to make your diagnosis.
Never a truer word was said. Thank God for Roofies. I guess the saying, "a dog is man's best friend" predated the invention of Roofies .... and possilby Glock's
He could be your ideal match? He's a really hones bloke looking for love. You could love him and he could love you, I can see that in his concern for you. He's really affectionate but shy like you too so you'll have to persist with him. He's deep and sensitive and quite unconventional but in a good way. He too has been looking for a serious relationship for a long time now and I think YOU are the one he has been waiting for. Honestly!
Imagine how you could be close to him? Sharing all your thoughts and his?
I have about 5 gallons of blackberry wine in the shed and I don't drink. I have an alcie mate who will make short work of it if he ever comes to visit. The last time he was here he went through about 120 bottles of sloe wine...
Maybe the bracketed part of that question is the answer? Not being able to be alone is a problem. Not having contentment and thinking some other 'perfect' person is going to give it to you is the problem.
So it's not a choice then unless your freind is barring you from having a relationship. It sounds a bit dissociative to think you can only have one or the other.
Some of the many things I think are more important than 'friends' or relationship;
Peace of mind Contentment Good health Wealth Safety and security Intelligence Understanding Wisdom Cats Horses Enough food to eat Joy A sense of thankfullness for being alive
And the best thing about the above things is that they're not either or. They are not exclusive, they are inclusive. You CAN have them all .... but probably not if you're chasing 'friends' and a 'relationship'. Or maybe you would only chase 'friends' and a 'relationship' if you don't have any of the above and feel that 'friends' and a 'realationship' will somehow make you feel less empty.
RE: Travel broadens the mind.
Well good for you. I had a train ride once but those toilets are really cramped. Still, there's a lot to be said for the motion of the train if you can sync with the rhythm.