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Carmen Luisa's avatar

Such a good question. I’ve moved quite a bit, lived in different countries and have friends from university and travels all over the world. I know many people but only consider a handful my true closest friends. I’m happy that way. And I still try meet new people wherever I live. Sometimes closer bonds form in addition to older ones slowly fainting away.

Adult friendships are an art in itself I feel.

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clare chai's avatar

Hello! I’m so glad I stumbled about this piece, Sarah.

This is a question that, for some reason, isn’t really talked about enough, like there’s some sort of stigma about it.

I’m not sure if it’s because of my introverted tendencies, but I see most of my friends in a one-to-one or small group setting, all of us going through our own stages of life in staggered ways (and we observe our friends doing it and vice versa) and I’ve been wondering if I’m missing a community aspect of it all where a group of friends are doing the same thing at the same time. I do think about this quite a lot, but voice it out much less often. Thank you for your essay, which speaks directly to these deep-seated thoughts of mine :)

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