Adult Reflects on How Childhood Friendship Standards Have Changed
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Summary
A 38-year-old man reflects on how his childhood best friend would not meet his current friendship standards if they met today, acknowledging that their bond is maintained primarily through decades of shared memories rather than current common interests.
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"Things were great when we first met, but we were in kindergarten then, and my only friendship requirement..."
"Admitting that the bar used to be much, much lower, local 38-year-old Jeremy Griffiths confirmed Tuesday that his childhood best friend Ben Martin would never make the cut now"
WATERBURY, VT—Admitting that the bar used to be much, much lower, local 38-year-old Jeremy Griffiths confirmed Tuesday that his childhood best friend Ben Martin would never make the cut now. “If we didn’t have decades of memories together, there’s no way
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