I understand.
For my part, I can confirm that friendships become rarer with age.

I think there is still a difference between not getting one's hopes up too high and fear as a helper not getting too lost in illusions. For me, it is rather the unacknowledged fear of others that frightens me. It seems to be very difficult for people to have an honest conversation with each other. They talk to you as if they live according to their ideals, but I hear that this is more of a wish than a reality. For example, someone recently said to me "I am grateful!" with exclamation marks, which immediately destroyed her statement and turned it into more of an accusation of ingratitude to the imaginary people she saw in her mind.

The realisation, on the other hand, that people have about how unfree they are is not for those who only ever recognise such things outside their own environment, but not in their own.

People often say things they don't really mean. For example, "Feel completely at home with me and relax". But if you follow this friendly invitation, they complain that you feel at home and relax. It would be better to say what rules the guest should follow in the house and to face the situation that the guest might see it differently. This conflict aversion is a real nuisance.

Moreover, since everyone lies, even those who accuse others of their lying, no one is trustworthy in the eyes of others.

I didn't get along with people as straightforward as you, for example, for a long time. In the meantime I have come to appreciate their attitude. So some have told me that I am straightforward myself. HaHa!

I'm not sure whether I wished for something special from you ... probably more to talk to someone who can be talked to.

Thank you for that.