Oh Jenna, this put a lot of my feelings about adult friendships into the words I’ve been looking for. I loved this. Thank you as always for sharing, you know exactly what to say. ❤️
This article is stunning. Adult friendships are so different than when I was a teenager in school and it’s so hard to figure out what is the “right way” to have an adult friend or what’s considered ignoring them or being ignored. Life can be so difficult to understand some times. Thank you for sharing! 🤍
in many ways adult friendships are nice because i think there is more grace and lenience and so some of my friendships are just “we don’t talk often but the few times we do we still adore each other” …which is great! and simple! but also it makes it hard to have everyday community and to really grow with people, especially when some of those people are long-distance or living a married life or starting to have children
it's literally the worst and i hate everything about it - because it's like...i don't blame anyone! and i know i'm just as bad as anyone else! but when did we just roll over and accept that as the norm? when i know so many of my friends DO care about me and are struggling because they don't have any community?
idk I guess maybe it used to be more common to stay in the same physical space in adult life and then you could see each other more? But even then, I think lives just drift apart a bit. I don't know if that's fully preventable.
Oh Jenna, this put a lot of my feelings about adult friendships into the words I’ve been looking for. I loved this. Thank you as always for sharing, you know exactly what to say. ❤️
it’s so nice to know we aren’t alone in feeling this way ❤️🩹
This article is stunning. Adult friendships are so different than when I was a teenager in school and it’s so hard to figure out what is the “right way” to have an adult friend or what’s considered ignoring them or being ignored. Life can be so difficult to understand some times. Thank you for sharing! 🤍
in many ways adult friendships are nice because i think there is more grace and lenience and so some of my friendships are just “we don’t talk often but the few times we do we still adore each other” …which is great! and simple! but also it makes it hard to have everyday community and to really grow with people, especially when some of those people are long-distance or living a married life or starting to have children
thank you for reading and for the kind words!! 🥹
Adult friendships are kind of heartbreaking that way.
I guess we just pacify ourselves, saying “that’s how it is”
But God does it sting sometimes
it's literally the worst and i hate everything about it - because it's like...i don't blame anyone! and i know i'm just as bad as anyone else! but when did we just roll over and accept that as the norm? when i know so many of my friends DO care about me and are struggling because they don't have any community?
idk I guess maybe it used to be more common to stay in the same physical space in adult life and then you could see each other more? But even then, I think lives just drift apart a bit. I don't know if that's fully preventable.