![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Few pairs are likely to go that far to save a fraying bond, but they were tied not only by their history but by their popular podcast, “Call Your Girlfriend.” They shared an LLC, a bank account and a trademark breaking up would mean not only pain and loss but, as Aminatou recalls, paperwork. In this thoughtful and highly readable story of their decade-long friendship, punctuated with the relevant social science, we learn about the crisis that sent them to therapy together. In their new book, “Big Friendship,” they describe intense friendships as one of life’s foundations, neglected at our peril and, likely, our regret. ![]() After all, it’s just a friendship, as in “he’s just a friend,” not a lover, or a brother, or a husband.Īminatou Sow and Ann Friedman want us to stop seeing these relationships as something that can be put on hold while we focus on careers or marriages or children. Or worse, where subtle barbs are felt but never addressed. Nothing forces us to resuscitate faltering friendships, where talk of the weather and office politics replaces deep intimate sharing. They nag at the back of our minds, like taxes undone and laundry unfolded. BIG FRIENDSHIP How We Keep Each Other Close By Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman ![]()
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