A recent study found that 30% of millennials don't have a best friend. But maybe we're all happier without one?
When it comes to friendship, human beings are fantasists. We either think the world of people who couldn’t give a shit about us or find ourselves putting someone’s messages on blast because they come across a little too eager when we barely know them. In a social media driven world, the dynamics that define who’s a mate and who’s not are increasingly impossible to decipher.
It’s worth clarifying that I believe in the idea of ‘best friends’ in some capacity. It’s important in your formative years to embed yourself into the life of a single person and have them embed their life into yours, but it’s equally okay to grow up and grow apart a little. Those formative figures in your life become de facto blood relatives; part of your architecture. They’re important, but you learn to live with them at a distance.
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