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What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/people-who-prioritize-friendship-over-romance/616779/

“Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”

• family, tag
• relationships, tag
• culture, tag
• friendship, tag
• ·1 year ago

‘Best Friends’ Are a Surprisingly Recent Phenomenon

theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/12/best-friends-monogamous-relationships-competition/672531/

We weren’t always so taken with dynamic duos. But in recent decades, we’ve come to expect that people should have one closest companion.

• friendship, tag
• relationships, tag
• bff, tag
• ·1 year ago

It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/why-we-lose-friends-aging-happiness/621305/

• aging, tag
• health, tag
• friendship, tag
• relationships, tag
• ·2 years ago

Being Busy Is Eliminating the Joys of Shared Free Time - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/why-dont-i-see-you-anymore/598336/

Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society.

• culture, tag
• friendship, tag
• home, tag
• life, tag
• schedule, tag
• union, tag
• ·5 years ago

‘When my world fell apart my friends became my family’ | Life and style | The Guardian

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jan/13/ella-risbridger-john-underwood-friendship-life-new-family

The death of her partner at the age of 25 was a devastating loss for Ella Risbridger. But she was never alone. For one thing, her mates would never have allowed that…

• friendship, tag
• life, tag
• culture, tag
• city, tag
• article, tag
• ·5 years ago