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Is it sad not having any Kpop friends in real life?


Silent Dawn

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I've been listening to Kpop for over a decade. However, I don't have any "real life" friend to share or discuss Kpop with, other than my cousins. But they are like 15 years younger than me. All the Kpop friends I met are online friends. I just wish they lived close to me so we can hang out. Imagine how awesome it would be to talk about kpop with them in person. Isn't sad thinking about it? Am I missing out?

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My closest friend is a kpop stan too... but after it went mainstream (which we honestly never saw coming) I've never told anyone else, so I have friends that are casual kpop stans that have zero clue that I'm into it. Sometimes I feel like I'm lying by omission because korean ent is such a major hobby for me.

Yes, it is nice though : )

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It's fun to have friends who like and know about Kpop so you can discuss Kpop topics with them and stuff.

But in my experience, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything when I'm with friends who don't like kpop. 

And even with my "Kpop friends" I will get super bored if we talk about Kpop for more than 10 minutes tbh xD It's nice to sprinkle it into conversation but I don't like to have whole conversations centred around Kpop.

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I think it would be sad not having any friends at all.

Life is too short and valuable to think about the things you may miss out on. Sure, it might awesome having friends you can share K-Pop stuff with but I think it's perfectly fine having an interest in something that they do not. Focus on the common interests you do share with them. Enjoy that bond. You know? And continue to enjoy K-Pop because you like K-Pop...For yourself.

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i guess i also just separate my IRL friends (with whom i discuss things we actually have in common) from my online friends (who are pretty much all kpop stans)

it doesn't bother me much not to talk about it face-to-face but that's just me.  would make trading photocards wayyy easier though.

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I guess it depends on your level of interest. Personally, I'm mostly into kpop for the music, so there's not much to talk about and I have other interests. Now you don't need to be super passionate to do dance cover with kpop friends, and this is pretty fun.

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i feel pretty bad about this but i actually have a lot of kpop friends irl and i told them i wasn't interested in it (i still listen to them if they wanna talk to me about their faves though, of course). partly, this is true since it's not my main interest/hobby anymore at all, i have many other things i prioritize over it. however, i still feel quite bad for acting like i have no clue what/who they're talking about.

i guess i just feel a bit disconnected from them since they're very dedicated and passionate fans which i stopped being years ago, it's kinda just a personal thing to me now. i pretty much took a huge step back from kpop after being a "stan" for like 5 years. i only stay for TXT nowadays as i've become very fond of them and their songs.

anyway, i don't think you're missing out on much. it is nice to have someone to discuss comebacks with and whatnot but, at the end of the day, the experience isn't much different from talking about kpop online. don't worry about missing out, this is only one pastime out of many more. there's plenty of things to bond over with friends that'll feel just as gratifying ❤️

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I don't really miss that and I don't know if I want that. I just see it as a hobby and an interest and I already spend a lot of time on it but it's not what I want my whole life to be about. My friends also have their own favourite music and media they like to consume and other hobbies too, some things we share in common and some we don't and that's fine.

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