Sometimes I think I don't need new friends. I have some pretty fantastic ones. The one thing about them is that they are all far away. Flagstaff, Jo-burg, Los Angeles, Chicago. I have many minutes on my cell phone plan.
Since moving back to Minneapolis in 2003, I have made a couple friends. We went to law school together and they are great, but I don't see them often and one has a kid just a bit older than Johan so usually our time together is about the kids.
Recently, I have realized I do need some new local girlfriends. There is little I enjoy more than hours of conversation where one topic just seamlessly flows into the next without hesitation or awkwardness. And wine. Wine goes well with conversation.
I have recently spent this kind of time with 2 people- another attorney at my firm and a friendly acquaintance from high school who I reconnected with a few weeks ago at a reunion.
There is something very exciting to me about this- it's almost like when kids first connect with people at a new school. So much to talk about; so much to learn about the new friends; exchanging phone numbers; first play dates. Except we are in our late 20s. And drink a lot of wine.
2 comments:
Too bad you don't have any friends in Albuquerque...
you obviously count as LA friends as you are usually there when i am. no duh.
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