> People in their 30's and 40's with zero friends looking to make new ones are basically non existent where I live.
Why would they need to have “zero friends”. It is not like people have a max number of friends they can have.
Why would they need to have “zero friends”. It is not like people have a max number of friends they can have.
One person was really blunt with me: "you're a pretty cool guy, but I don't have time/space in my life for new people". Other people are less blunt but the same principle applies.
edit: But maybe that's my British instincts wrongly diagnosing a statement that I have no real context to judge better.
I just feel that if it were possible to track every time that sentence is said it would probably be significantly more often used as a polite excuse rather than as a truthful statement. (And even then, that's my gut feeling / assumption, I may even be wrong about which use is more common).