Category: meetup

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The Friend Criteria, part 2

“Your ‘Friend Criteria’ post made it seem like Type 2 friends were bad people,” Ian said. (He’s Type 2.) I laughed, “That was the toned down version…I actually edited it based on Cory’s feedback.”...

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“Let’s meet up,” part 5

The Friend Criteria Apparently there are 2 types of people in the world: Type 1: People who think friendships need to be maintained. Type 2: People who think friendships don’t need to be maintained....

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“Let’s meet up,” part 4

Friend C: “Aren’t these posts about friendship? Why don’t you state that explicitly?” Me: “Yeah, that’s not my style…but tell me why I should?” Friend C: “You’re showing and not telling…and there’s value in...

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“Let’s meet up,” part 3

I met JJ through Allen last September, and like Allen he was friendly and, more importantly, a really good volleyball player. They had met in college, and Allen connected us since JJ had recently...

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“Let’s meet up,” part 2

“I’m not a good reacher-outer,” Kevin said, rather matter-of-factly. Kevin had moved out of the Bay Area a few years ago, but prior to that he was one of my closest friends…I was also...

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“Let’s meet up”

Rant #147: People who say “let’s meet up” but have little to no follow-through. I used to assume, silly me, that people meant it when they say “let’s meet up sometime.” Since I’ve had...