How do I say this?? 
 
I am kind of amazed how difficult it is to find true good friends that are into comics as much as I am.  I have sadly become the annoying friend with all of my friends and family, constantly nagging that I think they should read this or read that because I fear that they are missing out.  It's hard for me to see how others don't like comics when I feel that in the market right now, there is something of interest for everyone... but let me tell you about my dilemma. I shall elaborate on my premise.  
 
I have two brother in laws and their good friend (who's also a good friend of mine), let's label them D, M & K.  D & M are brothers, my family by marriage, and they are both disinterested in anything to do with comics.  M is because he has a crazy freaky girlfriend that loves DC (stretchy men and Booster Gold, for some unknown reason- oh and Quicksilver, we can't forget him...) and who has pretty much ruined any chance that I may ever interest him in a comic book series ever.  As far as D, that is a hopeless road that I should probably never take.  K loves anime, and as such I thought things of that nature, such as Carbon Grey, would interest him.  That has also failed. 
 
Let's bring in some other friends into this picture...  I have my sister in law, A, who loves Star Trek and currently reads them electronically.  That is partially due to the economy and the lack of funds, but I figured if she starts there and ever takes a trip to the CBS, she might end up buying an issue of two.  My problem is I don't dig Star Trek, but at least she's reading comics, or so I think, but not to the point that I do.  I have another friend, called J, that I have tried to introduce into comics as well, starting with both Star Trek and Star Wars, and that hasn't proved much luck either, even though he's got the necessary funds, what I thought was genuine interest and a childhood growing up watching Batman the Animated Series, X-Men and Spider-Man... yet, he hasn't purchased a single comic. 
 
I showed my nephew, and while he bought a few issues of Venom, Fear Itself and Moon Knight, he lost interest quickly.  Partially due to financial reasons, but interest is gone, nonetheless.  I have another buddy named M who bought an issue of Moon Knight.  Just one, since he was really wanting to just collect a #1 issue and he thought that one might make him thousands of dollars in the future (naivety at its best) but I figured that would inspire him to purchase other issues.  I even took him to FCBD and he mooched off those, but hasn't returned to the CBS since then. 
 
Long story short, I hold a lot of the responsibility as to why a lot of these people in my life aren't reading comics.  Maybe I'm being too pushy (to my defense, I feel the opposite... I do chat a lot about comics and I often get the "uh huh, nobody cares" kind of thing, but I don't know if I'm holding a gun to these people's heads and saying they have to like comics....).  What I'm really looking for is a person that goes in every week, picks up a few issues they're interested in, and loves to chat about it.  And I wish to find that person locally, so I can talk about shit and hang out.  Is that really that hard to find?  
 
I know this sounds really pathetic.  That's not my point.  I'm not trying to sit here and cry about it.  The point of all this is to simply say that it baffles me how difficult it is to actually find someone (a friend, I am married, after all, :)) who digs comics as much as you do.  Is this a sign that people who are actually interested in comics are declining?  Does this mean that one actually has to resort to sites like these to actually have people to talk to about what they read inside X-Men or Batman (no offense, I love you CV...).   I know that the joy in comic books should stem from the fact that you get to read some awesome stories every Wednesdays (or so you hope), but to me, the joy also comes from being able to discuss this with others and seeing what they think about that issue, that panel, that page, the character that was badly drawn, the Bendis retcon that pisses them off.... hell, we can even talk about OMIT.  What do you guys think?  Am I overthinking this?