When You Give a Friend a Kidney
“From the moment I thought Scott might need a kidney, it was just a given to me that I was giving him mine.”
The Friendship Files
Friendly conversations with friends about friendship
The Friends Who Have Been Playing the Same Game of Dungeons & Dragons for 30 Years
“It’s an excuse for us to constantly keep in touch and not drift away.”
The Friends Whose Kids All Have the Same Rare Disease
“It’s a backwards kind of friendship. You get in with the most vulnerable parts of your heart first.”
The Boring Intimacy of the All-Day Group Chat
“Any little decision, I always have to consult them. There’s never a moment where I’m not considering, What would Jess and Sha tell me to do?”
Two Boy Scouts Met in an Internment Camp, and Grew Up to Work in Congress
“Out of that short experience came this wonderful, beautiful relationship. I just love Alan.”
Onboarding a New Friend
“Everyone in the office was like, ‘Are you the new Courtney? She was amazing.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God, I have such big shoes to fill.’”
The Moms Who Were Extremely Online in 1993
“In the early days, it was so hard to describe us. People were like, ‘What are you talking about?’”
Stumbling Into Adulthood, Alongside a Friend
“She got me to look at things in the future instead of just the present. Kelli had planned so much for herself that I think it started to rub off.”
When Your Friend Moves to the Other Side of the World
“It did come as a shock when she told me that she was leaving. It was like, Well, we’ve only barely begun.”
Losing Religion, Gaining a Friend
“People didn’t really understand what it was like to grow up the way we grew up. It was so great not to have to explain that to Ariane.”