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Modern Friendship by Starting from Nix
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Long friendship as a duality, atomised yet tethered, and the reminder that closeness requires asking for it.
Long term friendship is navigating this duality: we’re atomized, yet connected. We’re tethered together, but the path forward is deeply individual. Our lives will intersect meaningfully at least once. Then, it’s a small miracle to keep a friendship alive.
To be close requires going out on a limb and asking for togetherness.
Same author as Experience Is Incompressible. This has made me think deeply about asking to hang out with friends more even if it seems like I am the needy one. Because if we truly are friends, then we’ll enjoy spending the time together no matter how frequent.