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The problem of long-term close friendships - by Kasra

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There was a point a year and a half ago when I felt I had found a community that would last forever. One best friend in the West Village, another best friend in the Upper East, an apartment with roommates that I loved coming home to. I wrote at the time, “I yearn for best friends that I’ll still be best friends with in 30 years.” I was convinced that this must be possible because I had read the book A Little Life which follows a group of best friends from college until old age. Until that point I don’t think I had ever imagined—in that much detail—what it would be like to grow old with your…

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