Making new friends as an adult can be a challenging feat. I admit that in the past I have subscribed to the no new friends club. Why? I felt it was too much of a hassle, too much drama, too much time required. Now I'm thinking actually I was really just being selfish. I remember having a group of "friends" in elementary school and them telling me that they didn't want to be my friend anymore. I don't even remember why, but I remember running home to tell my mother about it. She always would tell us, me and my four older sisters, that we didn't need friends because we had each other. Shortly after my so called friends dumped me, the whole group got in trouble for something. I remember thinking, I'm glad they kicked me out of the crew when they did because I would have been in trouble too. I took my mother's statement to heart. You don't need friends; you all have each other. Sometimes I would even feel guilty when developing close relationships