What is friendship? It begins with holding hands in kindergarten and transforms over time in something stunning or in nothing. When we are little, we are believers. We believe in fairytales, we believe that mom and dad are superheroes, we believe in friendship. That powerful, unbreakable friendship. We believe in people, we only know good intentions and that everything lasts forever.
In time, we understand that people come and go, in and out of our lives, just as money travels through our wallets. As we grow older, we can point at people who were important once but now we can barely remember their family name. Happiness, grief, adrenaline. We exchange feelings and life experiences with people that happen to be around us. Many of our friends are "context friends". You study at the same school, you work in the same place, fill in the blanks.
Then one day, at a crosswalk, you understand that you don't have the same interests or lifestyle anymore. And each one of you takes separate roads. Now, I hope I didn't depress you (that much). Let's look at the good side of friendship. There are lucky people out there that nurtured relationships for years. They made compromises. There's hard work in keeping a connection with somebody. This is also available for marriages and long-lasting love relationships. Some people are keen on keeping relationships with people they've known for a long time. For the love of habit. For the fear of the unknown. For the fear of solitude. Many people fear
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