I don’t mean banter or just shooting the shit. but discussions or talking with friends about things in your life, or theirs… ya know, showing an interest in someone’s life because they matter to you or them having an interest in your life because you matter to them?

  • darthelmet@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    Semi recently. I’ve got a group of college friends who hang out on discord most nights to game and chat. Most of the time it’s shooting the shit, but we occasionally mix in life talk. We all have some bundle of mental health issues, so stuff related to that comes up a lot. One of my friends has been trying to find a romantic partner and we’ve been giving our fairly limited advice to him on his search.

    It’s kind of a shame that we’re not geographically close enough to see each other in person to be more directly supportive, but it is what it is and we’ve had a few visits over the years. ATM I’m with 2 of them on a trip and we got to spend a lot of time chatting.

  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
    7·
    3 days ago

    Yesterday. As a matter of fact quite often, I’ve found wonderful people to have deep conversations about our projects for our lives, about politics, science… you name it. And of all places, in VR Chat. It’s the new third place, a forum to gather without the economical pressure of consuming.

    • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Being freeware helps, I like to join bar maps and just talk to randos sometimes but right now it’s all about the Fish! map. It’s basically VR Webfishing.

  • osanna@lemmy.vgEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    umm, do support workers count? If so, yesterday. If not, well, no fucking idea. probably years. I have next to no one in my life. Just SWs

  • zlatiah@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 days ago

    … do parents count?? I don’t have too many friends, if any at all

    Otherwise I indirectly helped a coworker find a BF a few months ago. Yeah I guess that was it

  • db2@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 days ago

    When is the last time you had actual conversations with friends?

    I gave up on that a long time ago because as it turned out the answer to the modified question was never.

  • FRYD@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Me and my friends frequently discuss how we feel about our lives, jobs, our futures and what our plans are. The last time was yesterday.