Maybe not an explicit &#x27;I hereby declare a ban on all friendships&#x27;, but in my experience, I find it hard to draw close to someone simply by virtue of the fact that we did not form our friendship early in life. No matter how much I hang out with someone, his childhood friends whom he grew up with will always take &#x27;precedence&#x27; - I will never be that &#x27;close friend who people can be comfortable sharing their personal lives with&#x27;.