Friendship is a concept difficult to obtain for many people. Whenever you think you understand how it works, it comes back at you with pain. Yet, it is a circle and with keep on making the same mistakes again and again. In the cosplay community, we tend to make more friends since we can be ourselves and we find people with the same interest. Even so, pain from a lost friendship is just lurking around, ready to get you anytime. So, I thought I could give some advice base on my own experience.
I have never been the person with friends before university. I was a lonely person, rejected by my classmates because I am different. But, I found a hobby that helped me coming out of my shell and making friends with the same hobby: cosplay. I learned a lot from them, but I also lost quite some too because of jealousy and others things I don't know how to say. I don't think cosplay is the reason you can loose friends, but when there is competition between two people, it never comes to something beautiful and peaceful. My past experience are dark. I never had friends that stayed. Maybe it was me, maybe it was them, but nonetheless, we argued on many things and they were all related to cosplay.
So I figured that some subjects shouldn't be talked and you should say what you really think of them before anything happens. I don't think it's impossible to make friends in the cosplay community, but communication is the only way to have a safe trip in this journey. And remember one thing: the only real friends are the one that knows you without asking everything and doing things that might upset you.
Good luck to beginners and continue making friends!!!
I have never been the person with friends before university. I was a lonely person, rejected by my classmates because I am different. But, I found a hobby that helped me coming out of my shell and making friends with the same hobby: cosplay. I learned a lot from them, but I also lost quite some too because of jealousy and others things I don't know how to say. I don't think cosplay is the reason you can loose friends, but when there is competition between two people, it never comes to something beautiful and peaceful. My past experience are dark. I never had friends that stayed. Maybe it was me, maybe it was them, but nonetheless, we argued on many things and they were all related to cosplay.
So I figured that some subjects shouldn't be talked and you should say what you really think of them before anything happens. I don't think it's impossible to make friends in the cosplay community, but communication is the only way to have a safe trip in this journey. And remember one thing: the only real friends are the one that knows you without asking everything and doing things that might upset you.
Good luck to beginners and continue making friends!!!