Articles by me / Published Articles Should Some Friendships be Left in the Past? November 30, 2022 Written by 0 Are friendships formed in adulthood more meaningful than those of infancy? Is it because they come without the baggage and expectations of the time you shared in the past. For a lot of us, female friendships formed in adulthood end up being more meaningful than friendships of infancy because they come without the baggage of the past. Are childhood friendships overrated? Are adult friendships, based on shared interests, the only friendships that have a chance of lasting? We are social beings. Friendships define our formative years and influence who we are going to be. Interestingly, barring a few years in the middle—which are defined by a yearning and search for romantic love—the early decades of our lives as well as the later ones are all about the connections we make with other human beings we aren’t interested in sleeping with. To that end, friends play a greater role in our lives than our partners, spouses or lovers ever will. However, out of all the friendships that we forge as children, only a few withstand the test of time. When I consider my childhood friends, I realise that there are just a few I like hearing from. Having spent my early years as a member of an itinerant family—I was the child of an army officer—with each posting I gradually lost touch with those I had once imagined life impossible about. These were girls I hadn’t needed language to communicate with, there had been understood silences, unspoken vows, and, with one of them, even a secret language. And yet, time and distance dulled the emotional memory of what we had once shared. Read it on Mint Lounge Further Reading... Women Who Rock the Boat Without a Care (Livemint) August 24, 2019 Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Infinity Rooms’ and The Age of Instagram October 30, 2022 The Goodness that is Gulmarg (CNT) March 17, 2016 Previous Post Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Infinity Rooms’ and The Age of Instagram Next Post The Visceral World of Lucian Freud
