There’s an article of mine on Medium now based on a “bold” statement claiming friendships require some phone chat time. In other words, I suspect that texts/emails/social media messages cannot sustain a friendship forever. Not everyone agrees. (They’ve let me know on Twitter.) And that’s okay!
Turns out I don’t have any real say on how anyone communicates with their friends. Text away! I love texts, too. But my suspicion remains.
You can read the article here.
Are you a Medium reader? I’ve only recently been experimenting over there. Both as a reader and a writer.
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Nina Badzin hosts the top 1% podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. She's been writing about friendship since 2014 and has had friendship advice in NPR, WSJ, Real Simple Magazine, The Daily Skim, The Guardian, The Telegraph UK, Time Magazine, and elsewhere.
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