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On Friendship Later in Life

The older I get, the stranger it feels to belong.

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Carissa Potter
Sep 02, 2025
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On Friendship Later in Life

The older I get, the stranger it feels to belong. Not in the practical way of "we belong to the PTO" or "we belong to this neighborhood coffee shop with terrible espresso but great muffins." I mean belonging in the body. That feeling of exhale. Of being with people who will let you say the unhinged thing you just thought, laug…

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