Friend Circles - Rules of Thumb

[va2000]

I was just thinking about the utility of personal rules of thumb about friendships, attention, jealousy, etc. because it's clearly critical to maintain a healthy balance depending on your type of frame.

I am personally an LTR type who recognizes the value of plates but doesn't intend to take it to a physical level (at least in my current dread meter). But I also notice that plating en masse or without regard to boundaries could be detrimental. The first rules I thought would be

-girls she knew first, treat as family
-girls you knew first, plate away

This would go for in person as well as social media friendship. I think ruling out some options (without her seeing my self delineated boundary) at least is a small price to pay for letting her see me as above whatever drama she might already be involved in, letting her keep a decent support circle, not getting a Pavlov hunch that bringing hot girls around just means risking my shifting all attention to them. Is this already on the stone tablets somewhere? Holes in the theory?

 

[spred]

I think breaking down girls in two categories (your acquaintances and hers) fits the "we are together but have options" mindset.
Gaming her friends might bring drama and collision of "unverses".