Do you ever just start preparing yourself to re-enter certain social circles again?

[Emissary]

Sorry if the title is a little vague despite it's length. When you're becoming accustomed to the idea of committing to a relationship with a certain somebody, do you ever find yourself examining all her social circles and preparing yourself to re-connect with some old faces?

 

This girl I'm meeting for coffee has no Facebook so it's hard to gauge her social life, but she and her sister are pretty close, and I know her sister is best friends with a lot of guys I went to school with, a lot of those guys I treated pretty poorly in school as well, as ashamed as I am to admit it. I've long since made things right with all of them, but I never really tried to be their friend before, I'm just a friendly old face.

 

This potential social shift for me isn't so drastic since they're in the same general nerd spectrum that I truly am. Though, in the past I've been bracing myself to adapt to a party lifestyle that I so very much so dislike. Why would I ever be so accommodating for such a silly thing? Luckily the only thing I would not be looking forward to is Dungeons and Dragons. Take away all those nerd stereotypes, I will fully embrace being a geek, and no, I don't like Dungeons and Dragons lol.

[d0nnivain]

I never dated in the age of social media so I never judged anybody by their OL presence. I still don't think I would.

 

My MIL & niece have thousands of OL friends. If they met 20 of the people they are friends with, that would be a lot; my niece maybe a few more because I think she's "friends" with half her high school.

 

I evaluate people more by how they are IRL. OL is not the best indicator.