In the last few days I've seen a few threads, adult children didn't come to see cousins baby, friends don't come to see my performances and husband was nasty about my gym goals, and a LOT of the replies are basically 'you care, no one else does'. And I think no wonder so many of them have constant conflict with everyone around them! I'm not interested in random babies, choirs or gym workouts but I am interested in my friends and family, so if they have a baby, perform something or achieve a goal then I ask questions, look at photos, attend events, send congratulations etc. It really puts the I've lost all my friends' 'My SIL hates me' 'My friends left me out of a meet up' posts into context!