Peter BoylanMay 20
furrfu 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

I saw someone mention this article titled "The quiet grief of adult friendship", but lost the original toot when the power went out.

It's a short but poignant read.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/civil-irony/the-quiet-grief-of-adult-friendship/

The quiet grief of adult friendship

A few weeks ago, a friend called me at 01:40 AM. Not texted. Called. For a brief second, my body prepared itself for bad news. Adulthood has conditioned most of us to believe that late-night...

Times of India Voices
May 18 at 7:18amWeb
Show threadBit RegurgitatorMay 18
@furrfu this is a phenomenal read
Show threadFlixxieMay 18
@furrfu this is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Show threadsenMay 18
@furrfu man that hit really, really hard...
Show threadTim GMay 19
@furrfu How lovely, that will bear re-reading.
Thank you for sharing.
Show threadThe Duke of Fall May 19
@furrfu I feel this grief in my bones, daily. 😔
Show threadMakerBlockMay 20
@furrfu I enjoyed this read very much - thank you
Show threadlonely extrovertMay 20
@furrfu big mood
Show threadsashamdMay 20
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Show threadthe roamerMay 20

@furrfu

Yup. Very precisely observed. Adult friendships are precious and they can fade away, slowly and imperceptably. It hurts when we suddendly realise that one of them is no longer live.

Some old friendships survive long absences, and upon meeting the other person after decades of absence, we can pick things up as if we last met yesterday. But we mustn't rely on such reconnection. Sometimes it is too late.

Show threadJeff GriggMay 20

@furrfu

Remote work is wonderful in some ways.

But it also separates and isolates us. It makes these problems even worse.

Show threadMaxi 12x 💉May 20

@furrfu I think these two pieces should be read together:

https://hoagie.cloud/@mitch/116599073271628033

Show threadGnomigutMay 20
@furrfu this hits hard, and very close to home.