> 15 close friends, 50 regular contacts, 150 active acquaintances
To me meaningful is just the 15, and 15 close friends is a lot nowadays. Of all the people I know, there’s probably one person that gets close to this and they have a bit of a unstable personality. I don’t think OP‘s numbers are off, but I’m not sure what they mean by active. Is it just online chat, is it grab a beer on a Friday. To me it’s mostly the second. I find it highly subjective.
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But they don’t, or? From the article:
> 15 close friends, 50 regular contacts, 150 active acquaintances
To me meaningful is just the 15, and 15 close friends is a lot nowadays. Of all the people I know, there’s probably one person that gets close to this and they have a bit of a unstable personality. I don’t think OP‘s numbers are off, but I’m not sure what they mean by active. Is it just online chat, is it grab a beer on a Friday. To me it’s mostly the second. I find it highly subjective.