It shouldn't take that long

How does that saying go? It takes a minute to like someone, an hour to love them and a lifetime to forget them? Maybe I've paraphrased from memory but you get the gist of the statement.

I think the part of me that's supposed to do that is broken or at least there are bits there that are not functioning as they should. I have a general bad memory when it comes to people and I do not know whether that makes me a bad person but it will definitely make me a bad HR exec. Could you imagine me sitting behind a HR desk and every single time someone comes to apply for an advance I say "Who are you again?". Terrible stuff!

Anyway, I'm a highly suspicious person when it comes to human relations. I prefer to have few very close friends and the rest of the masses can sit on the side in a faceless amorphous form as I assess their suitability from a reasonable distance(harsh but true). It takes about an hour for me to decide to like someone, about a lifetime for me to believe that they are lovable and if you cross me the wrong way, it'll take about half a second for me to scrap you out and forget you. (ok maybe after half a lifetime of ranting and raving)

My approach to friendship is far from the best laid plan. I have friends who ease into any social situations like a second skin and the reason they have expensive phones is only because the phone book entries can go into the hundreds of thousands. It is an enviable fete. One that I wish I could master but again, I'm lazy and suspicious. Not a great combination by any standards. So every year I make 2 new friends and cross my fingers real hard and hope they don't make me regret it and so far it has been a pretty solid plan with few casualties.

But I think next year, I'll take a new approach and try and gather a few more friends and keep my suspicions at bay. My heart is stopping a bit every time I think about it but life is all about growth. Isn't it? Tell a few jokes, show my good side (the left one), make sure I return their texts and show enthusiasm to all their interests. It shouldn't take that long really. Should it?