I talk to my best male friend once a month if I’m lucky. There are times when the lapse between conversations extend to two or even three. It isn’t much better with my best female friend (outside of my wife, of course). We haven’t seen each other in two months easy, and unlike the male friend she and I live 40 minutes apart. The fact is I don’t fit the general perceptions of what adult friendships look like. We are a Wolfpack or a group of guys who get together to hunt and talk about our wives. We don’t have a Fantasy Football league (I mean, I do but not with my best bud).
All of those things are part of the perception or myth of adult friendship created by film and media. I’ve been fed these images of proper adult friendship protocol and activity since my youth and now as an adult I sometimes feel sad that I don’t have that sort of relationship with my top guy.
Some Thoughts:
- Rizolli and Isles is worrying me a bit. The format change reflects a need to tell the story of other members of the squad, which takes time away from the Isles/Rizolli interactions. It is the best buddy show I’ve seen in a while let’s not ruin it.