Reply #38: My Brazilian hairdresser was lamenting about that the other day [View All]

she says that in Brazil they take family and personal relationships far more seriously than we do in America. She's 32 and quite beautiful,friendly... but can't find friends to spend time with. "Everyone wants to shop, or talk about what they've bought" she says. She wondered if it were just a phenomenon found in Florida or was it nation wide? I assured her it was nation wide and crosses generations. Another friend's 21 year old son is outgoing, handsome and witty, but even he has trouble getting his friends to leave the house and socialize. Everyone seems to be drifting aimlessly through life; no passion, no drive, no interests, no hope. Just another symptom of the indebted consumer society we've created here. :-(