two real friends is actually better then 10 good time friends.
So true, I only really have 2 close friends that I meet regularly.
I'm pretty cynical when it comes to people, really, I actually feel there's very few out there that are worth your friendship and dedicated time. I have plenty of casual acquaintances that I'll go drinking with or go to events with, and many of them I genuinely like within that sort of confine, but when you peel away the "good time" aspect of it, their flaws start to come through. Most people have some really awful, crucially bad qualities.
And a lot of people don't even make it to that level of being worthy of a "good time" friend, a lot are instantly too f*****g weird, unfunny, boring, sorry this is cruel but that's how it is. That being said I'd rather a "boring" friend (and have had some) who is caring and has other qualities, than someone who may be incredibly extroverted and great to be around in the moment, but ruins it with some awful douchey qualities (had plenty of "friends" like that, still do really).
Even more difficult is getting an entire group of decent friends, because you may get on well with 1 person, and then when you meet some of their other friends it's like, f***, how does my friend hang out with this douche.
And in a weird way sometimes you don't even choose your friends, you just kinda grow up around the same people and they stick to you.
As I say, I only have 2 close friends that I'd regularly meet up with just for the sake of it, and a handful of other people I'm always in close contact with but not really essential on a day-to-day basis. This is a perfectly feasible amount to feel social and somewhat distracted, when I was 18-22 I had dozens of people, maybe even a few hundred, that I'd regularly keep up with.
That was stupid, and I felt so alone really.