Yes, the posting spree. Not only does it push the offending post out of friends' scrolls, but hopefully out of their minds as well!
I agree that there's a lot of emotional overlap between friendship and romance. I think one of the difficulties for modern people is that we yearn for that kind of relationship - hence the popularity of buddy movies, for instance - but at the same time, a lot of people want friendship to be easy, to be (almost) always fun and not to demand much of them.
There's nothing wrong with friendships like that, but it limits the depths a friendship can reach. Intense experiences demand a lot. And are we really friends with someone if we wouldn't go the extra mile to help them if they needed it?
Have you read any of Sutcliff's books? She has some issues (there aren't a lot of women in her stories), but she's very good at evoking a sense of period and place as well as friendship.
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I agree that there's a lot of emotional overlap between friendship and romance. I think one of the difficulties for modern people is that we yearn for that kind of relationship - hence the popularity of buddy movies, for instance - but at the same time, a lot of people want friendship to be easy, to be (almost) always fun and not to demand much of them.
There's nothing wrong with friendships like that, but it limits the depths a friendship can reach. Intense experiences demand a lot. And are we really friends with someone if we wouldn't go the extra mile to help them if they needed it?
Have you read any of Sutcliff's books? She has some issues (there aren't a lot of women in her stories), but she's very good at evoking a sense of period and place as well as friendship.