Yammering About Friends, Interlocking Circles, and Confusion

[gnomi]

Recently, lcmlc asked me how I knew chanaleh, and I had to think a minute to realize that I met her, in fact, through lucretia_borgia about 10 years ago (if not more). And it made me think about some of the other friends that I have that I could've met any number of ways and the friends I have that I originally met because they were friends of friends.

And as my circles have become more and more intertwined, it's hard to remember which was the original source of the friendship (not that it overly matters, but it does aid in me not introducing folks who have already known each other for years).

As my friendships have expanded to the online realm, I find this happening despite geography. Just to take one example, through an odd, up-and-down-the-East-Coast, across-the-US, and international chain of friends, eal (one of my longest-term LJ friends, and one I knew before LJ; in fact, it is because of eal that I have my LJ) is, ultimately, the reason I met eireangus (one of my newer LJ friends). And I can trace that actual line. I also periodically marvel that, more than once, people who live multiple hundreds of miles away from me ended up introducing me to people who live within ten miles of my home.

It is not uncommon for people to remark that I have a large number of friends. I dispute that statment. It's not that I know everyone. It's that everyone I know seems to know everyone else I know. There are tendrils connecting childhood friends with people I've known for less than a year. And I love that.

Comments

I think it is proof positive

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

That you are a nexxus of coolness. All the cool people just gravitate to you, because you are super cool, and then we're in your cool orbit.

And because everything is so cool, we have to knit!

So it's all good.

/really silly sugar rush girl

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I love it when everyone knows everyone :D

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

This was an interesting post. It amazes me how people tend to bump into each other and meet on this thing! :-)

Happy Lag BaOmer! :) See you soon!

Did we decide on a restaurant? I am not picky, so anything is fine! :)