Socializing is really difficult sometimes. I want to make friends and be kind to people, but it feels like I'm throwing darts at an invisible, moving board sometimes
Specifically, I wish I could pinpoint the boundary between "don't waste time on people who don't value you" and "make an effort to keep in touch your busy/forgetful friends will really appreciate it". How much effort is putting too much on myself? How much is just annoying for the other person? I have no idea. If a person genuinely likes you but isn't able to keep in touch/reciprocate your efforts to do so, is that meaningfully different from someone who doesn't care about you?