Older FAs, what advice would you give the younger FAs here or wish you could go back and give to your younger self? Also what regrets do you have?

this kinda ain't true, humans still need each other in business or pleasure regardless of their age or status.

There are no absolutes in this world so there is a chance a person who is FA can get friends past college years for business or pleasure purposes.

But understand a FA person is FA for a reason. He wasn't born FA, he became it through years of social interactions - or lack there of.

So once you graduate from college being FA and you enter the world alone with no friends or gf...then what is there for you?

You are a 20-something newbie. You will enter the career world as an inexperienced nobody. You have no connections because you know no one and you have no value to the business world because you are new and have no real skills they can capitalize on. So the business argument happens much later in life, if it ever happens at all.

Making friends past college is very difficult because, as I said, your co-workers or whatever social circle you try and bond with will already have members who already have many friends.

So you never form meaningful friendships because that guy you find cool enough to hang with, already has friends because he is that great of a guy. Sure, you and him may be friendly at work but you'll never make a life long friend because the guy has friends from before where there is YEARS of experience and bonding that you two just don't have.

Also, remember you are FA for a reason. You are FA because you tried and tried but failed. So why should this be any different? Why should people who already have friends go out of their way to become friends with you? Because you are a great guy? Because you are the diamond in the rough?

No. You aren't. You are alone because something about you rubs society the wrong way and it isn't just some people....it's most.

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