Have you ever become friends with someone with whom you barely talked?

You “know” a person, but never really talk all that much, and then one day somebody says something, the conversation keeps going and you become friends. Has this ever happened to you?

I guess the more general question is, how do you become friends with someone? Do you “court” the people you think would make good friends, or do you just go with the flow? Are you open to making new friends?

A comedian, I think Jerry Seinfeld, joked about how when we were kids, making friends was so much easier. “I like marbles.” “Me too, let’s be friends!” “Yay!” Then as adults, things get more complicated. Has this been your experience?

Is it any different between the online and offline worlds?