The dwindling presence of friendship in life - Deepstash
The dwindling presence of friendship in life

The dwindling presence of friendship in life

  • Life-long friends make new life choices, drift apart.
  • The career mindedness, the self optimization, the adventures, the travel, the trying to survive in desirable places to live which become comically expensive to do so — all of it has left us very tired.
  • Difficult to make true friends after entering 30s
  • Friendship fizzling into WhatsApp volleys back and forth.

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The dip in friendship is a critical symptom of a larger social problem.

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