how to avoid the friendship trap - by Rachdele

post-pandemic loneliness is universal

Picture this: you want to see an old friend from your UChicago days, so you text them something along the lines of “Let’s get a beer soon!” and wait for a reply. They eventually respond, and you agree to meet at Dalva, a cocktail bar you like, in two weeks. You forget about it for a few days. The day comes, and you’re exhausted from fighting Microsoft Excel all day. You’re really not in the mood for a $20 mezcal cocktail. You suggest postponing drinks and they immediately agree. No one suggests a new date or time. They disappear into the space-time fabric of your brain, never to be seen…

saved by

• Robert Kang

related reading

• how to avoid the friendship traprachdele.substack.com
• catch-up culture is killing friendshipsubstack.com
• the art of staying in touchvelvetnoise.substack.com
• The friendship problem - by Rosie Spinksrojospinks.substack.com
• The friendship problem - by Rosie Spinksrojospinks.substack.com
• The quiet grief of adult friendshiptimesofindia.indiatimes.com
• The friendship problemsubstack.com
• The friendship problemsubstack.com
• Give your friends a chance to abandon you - by Kasrabitsofwonder.substack.com
• The friendship problemrojospinks.substack.com
• The Pandemic Is Resetting Casual Friendships - The Atlanticweb.archive.org
• everywhere i go, i'm hoping i meet someone like youcindo.substack.com