Strangers can become crucial to our social and emotional health … Not only do we preemptively undervalue these interactions, we also underestimate how much we enjoy conversations with, and just generally like, strangers.
A Beyoncé bit, a marathon, an empty seat — the ways in which best friends meet and cement their friendship status can appear just about anywhere. While friendships are sometimes surface-level, routine, or circumstantial, best friendships are a separate tier, reserved for mutual number-one status. Maybe they’re the first person you invite to lunch, or the one you always call with news (good or bad), or the person you just miss the most when you’re separated. Regardless, that person is special in a way understandable only to the two people involved. Before a friendship enters this sacred territory, it starts with an ordinary moment.
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