Make New Friends... but keep the old?

Remember that song? We learned it in some grade that I could count on one hand... and even the sign language equalivant to it.

So why in the real world do we not make new friends?! Why is everyone who you meet at work just worried about their 8-5 and then going home to their own lives?! WHY?????

So maybe in college I was a bit overachieving. I felt the need to do everything and anything I could get my hands on. Maybe if I had just planned out what I wanted more strategically, things would have turned out differently?

Let's backtrack.. I was very involved to say the least and tried to make friends where I went. I think Charlie Barlett says it best. Now, let's stop for a moment and think -- Charlie Barlett = the new Ferris. Okay. It's not just about making friends and being liked -- but it does come along with the picture. Yet in Corporate America, you really do not have any friends. They are just mere images of people you see every day and you just hope one of them doesn't stab you in the back, before you get a chance to get away or to do the same.

So things I didn't learn in college:

Make your friends in college, but be sure to relocate with them or else, you're stuck in a rut.
Date in college, because dating in the real world, really doesn't work out.
Do not date someone you meet at a bar. What happens at the bar, should stay at the bar.
Marriage is right around the corner, and people make these decisions about marriage, 3 weeks - 4 months into the relationship...

And I totally missed the memo on all of these topics I just mentioned above, so I will crawl back into my hole and twiddle my thumbs until my tax return surfaces.