making and keeping friends - by Ava - bookbear express
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part one!!
Jack Hamilton Bush, Sway #1, 1976 I try to think about relationships in my life on a 20-year timescale. Viewed through that lens, friendships are often more successful than romantic relationships. If you are a monogamous person who wants to have kids, there is probably only going to be one (maybe two, lol, I’m not judging later-in-life second acts) romantic relationship in your life that lasts that long. The rest of the relationships that endure will likely be friendships. When you think about it that way, I find it really strange that we have a culture that’s obsessed with how to date and…
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