Friends are close enough you can tell them the stuff that bothers you and distant enough that they can comment without being directly involved. This brings so

Friends are close enough you can tell them the stuff that bothers you and distant enough that they can comment without being directly involved. This brings so many advantages and one of my favourites is the sense of putting the world to rights. When you have good friends you can calibrate a justified sense of where you're going and what things ought to be without having to commit to learning it the hard way. Frankly Ford should of had the conversation in the article with a friend, he would likely derive a more satsisfying answer to his premise. He repeats his own woe too many times and goes on about his over-thinking about friendshop. Just go to a pub and socialize, why does it have to be a reminder of your childhood betrayals, or your crippling loneliness? Everybody has their own story, if you listen for two minutes people say incredibly interesting things. This guy dumping his life story on page 1 makes a friendship a very short affair. Friends gradually reveal themselves to each other, for a bunch of reasons. But it makes the friendship last a long time and gives you time in the moment to reflect and enjoy the difference each shared story makes on your life. Do people reject their own instinct for friendship??