Impressions

I prefer beginning relationships instead of maintaining them.
A relationship is always better in the beginning. People are excited to get to know each other, they're really interested in you- otherwise they wouldn't be trying to become a friend.
I find that after a while either I am tired of them, or they are tired of me.

For the past 5 years I have been trained to hold short relationships. From living spaces, classes, jobs, everything has been a short term deal. Now that the years of short experience are gone, I'm finding it hard to build upon these relationships so that people, ideas, work, are still interested in me and what I have to say. It's odd, maybe it's a sel-esteem issue, but maybe it's just a personality thing too.