Friendship Files
kindly don’t make me wear real pants.
In 2013, I went to visit my friend Lydia in Milwaukee.
I just want tostay in and hang out.Is that OK?
I remember feeling immediate relief, because we werealreadyhaving a good time together in her apartment.
Yes, of course, I said.
That does sound better.
We walked back up the stairs, ordered pizza, drank beer, and played board games.
It became an important part of ourfriendship lore!she said.
Lydia and I have been friends since high school.
This chill night in, five years later, made good on that promise.
The simple truth is that the best thing to do with your friends is nothing.
Id wager most of them happened somewhere unremarkable.
All of these moments transported me back to college.
Im not saying college isnt stressful.
But the pressures and responsibilities were different, and we were around our closest friendsall the time.
Visiting a friend with an itinerary that is simply eat, watch TV, play games, and talk?
Were searching for a fleeting feeling that only exists in memories and movies and Instagram carousels.
The true intimacy of friendship is hard to capture.
It might be nothing, but to me, its everything.
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