Dear best friend paragraphs11/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Some therapists have the sense these types of friendship performance reviews are becoming more common, but there’s no way to know if that’s true. Read: The six forces that fuel friendship “I’m doing the best that I can,” I wrote back, guilty, flummoxed, a synchronized diver who belly flopped. Texting as an act of friendship, to me, is like invoicing as an act of love.) Another text block said I haven’t initiated enough hangouts. One massive paragraph informed me that I’m not texting my friend enough. “Some of my female clients are getting these-you’ve probably experienced this-massive paragraphs of text about things that they’re doing wrong or perceived slights,” Shannon Barrett, a licensed clinical social worker in Germantown, Maryland, told me recently. And then, all too often, comes what is known in therapy circles as the “giant block of text.” They’re all small things, of course, but like, she always does this. Periodically, the heart emoji interjects.Įventually, though, comes a minor affront, a misunderstanding, a misalignment-then another, and another. Together, you and your new friend weave text threads scheduling coffee and reassuring each other that you’re being normal and that those other people are being crazy. First comes the spark of affinity at the group hang: You loved the Ferrante novels too? Then come the bottomless brunches, if you don’t have kids, or playground dates, if you do.
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