Jun 2, 2022
"Building deep adult friendships requires a kind of courting—because we can’t always rely on spontaneous six-hour hangouts and all-night drinking (though sometimes we can! It depends on what kind of adult you are) to develop closeness, we have to get creative and thoughtful about the kinds of hangouts we propose. Novelty, beauty, excitement and curiosity are experiences that become rarer for most adults due the rigid demands of life under capitalism. When we use friendship time as a way to bring those feelings back, we invite deeper layers of our friends to emerge."
