Times Change

[slycat]

Seems like a lot has changed over the 15 odd years I've considered myself part of the furry fandom. In the old days if the Londonfur meets, I used to know pretty much everyone who attended and likewise, most people knew who I was. These days, I don't know the majority of furs who attend the Londonfur meets and even if I put on a conbadge, the only people who know me at meets are those from times of old. I suppose what I have to realise is that I'm just not as popular as I used to be. That said, I don't know what I did to gain popularity back in the day but it did seem that even people I hadn't met before had heard of me. I should be content with how things are but I do miss the times when I had lots of people to talk to.

I suppose it's ironic that I know or have known so many people but I could only count a very small number of them to be actual friends who I can chat with freely. I'd really like to have better friendships with the people I know as I suppose it can feel rather lonely at times. I would initiate conversations with folk I used to know but I don't know what to say or why we stopped talking in the first place. Maybe it's something I've done or someone I've associated with that's changed people's opinions of me or maybe people have just moved on.

Anyway, I'm not really sure what the point of this post is, so I'll wrap it up now. But what would be nice would be for people to let me know that they'd still like to keep in contact with me, it'd be nice to get in touch with more people again :)

Comments

[hrrunka]

I've been to a couple of LF meets this year, and had reasonable chats with a dozen or more folk, but most of the folk at them are unfamiliar. Not entirely surprising, as the previous meet I'd been to was in 2010. Mostly meets make me feel old..

[slycat.livejournal.com]

It's weird that back in the day, I used to be one of the young ones but now I'm one of the older furs. I don't go to meets anything like as frequently as I used to. Can't afford to anyway! It's always nice to meet up with old friends though :)

[hrrunka]

They're not (apart from the bar prices) that expensive for me, but they do seem to clash with other events more often than not, for some reason. I might be able to make the one in May...