Don't Let Go of Your Bosom Friends

40 Practical Tips and Bits of Lady Wisdom Upon Turning 40 (Part II)

I promised readers that the second half of the 40 for 40 roundup would go up last week. That didn’t happen — I spent a solid 10 hours researching a moving company for my impending departure from NYC (and found one!), before flying to Kansas City for a belated birthday weekend with friends. But the reason for my delay is fitting, because no other kind of relationship has been more central to my adult life than friendship.

The friends I got to see last weekend! (L to R: Katie Robichaud, Sarah Scherf, Annie Parsons, and Maria Mulhauser)

I believe our culture might be in a bit of a frienassaince. This spring, Roxy Stone and I spoke with Rhaina Cohen about her fantastic new book, The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center. Rhaina notes that for most of history, friendship was the most central type of relationship, as marriage met more practical needs, especially for women. She writes about the early days of her friendship with “M.” that felt as swoony as a …