In a world determined to isolate us, it is such a pleasure to connect two people I know and love and watch their friendship take offGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLast week I went to a beloved friend’s 40th birthday, and I got to witness something I deeply believe about friendship distilled in one room.Sitting around a table full of mutual friends, screaming and laughing in a way that would usually be annoying, the subject of how everyone had become friends with the birthday boy came up. I’ll call him Ben.“In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets.”Rebecca Shaw is a writer based in Sydney Continue reading...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/28/there-is-no-greater-joy-than-watching-the-unique-and-freaky-ways-my-friends-connect-with-each-other