conversations with friends

Question to ask kids : I was asked a few weeks ago by a reporter about tips for questions to ask children in your life to engage them in a better conversation than asking what they did at school and hearing, "Nothing". Here's one of the suggested questions I shared: " If you could relive one moment of your day again, which one would you pick? "... See more

There is no such thing as closeness without friction.

FISS. “What is something Funny, Interesting, Silly, or Surprising that you've seen, or has happened to you, since we last spoke?”

💍 Why More Marriages End When Wives Get Sick Than When Husbands Do. Short read: a study of 25,000 European couples aged 50+ found that men struggle more than women with a partner’s declining health, potentially jeopardizing the couple’s stability. Marriages are 7x more likely to end in divorce when the wife is the partner who gets sick versus the... See more

In his book on friendship, John O’Donahue asks:

“When was the last time you had a great conversation? A conversation that wasn’t just two intersecting monologues, but when you overheard yourself saying things you never knew you knew, that you heard yourself receiving from somebody words that found places within you that you thought you had lost, and... See more

Photos of men with their wives, an often functional arrangement not rendered from romantic love, are often much less affectionate or loving. Women, too, thought of their best friends as more than what a husband could ever offer: loyal, supportive, sympathetic, clever, and funny. Same sex friendships were often considered the best relationships one

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