Chapter 8 of 10
The Friendship Now
present tense — who you are to each other today.
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Answer side by side“What do we have together that you don't have with anyone else?”
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Post this one“How does this friendship fit into the life you actually have now?”
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Answer side by side“How are you, actually? Not the version you give at the door.”
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Answer side by side“What do I seem to be carrying at the moment, from where you stand?”
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Do this one together“If this friendship had a private charter — the two or three things we quietly promise each other by just being who we are — what would they actually be?”
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Answer side by side“How has the friendship recalibrated as life sped up — and has the current setting got it right?”
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Answer side by side“If a stranger sat opposite us at dinner, what would they make of this friendship?”
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Answer side by side“When did you last cry laughing because of me — actual tears?”
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Answer side by side“What do you lean on me for now — as opposed to what it used to be?”
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Answer side by side“What kind of good news would you ring me about first — before nearly anyone?”
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Post this one“When was the last time you thought of me and smiled for no particular reason?”
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Answer side by side“Write the state of us — one honest paragraph on who we are to each other, today.”