If you do then go ahead, if your comfortable with your current amount then don't bother.
I think that as long as you are happy with your life and the number of friends you have then you're golden! Nothing to worry about! It seems like they were just saying that you don't call them to hang out, they call you only.
It may just be their way of saying that they want you to ask them to do something. Or they may just be messing with you! But generally I think that you are fine with the number of friends you have as long as you are happy with it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.