Welcome

Welcome to Friendly Fundays.

Inspired by the loneliness epidemic, I’m here to talk about friendship.

I wouldn’t consider myself a friendship expert, but when I asked my friend Julie if she’d ever read something I write about the topic, she was ten toes down.

But honestly, I decided to write about friendship because between the loneliness epidemic and how horrible some people are friend-ing nowadays, I think we’ve lost the plot ya’ll.

We’ve lost the whole point of this.

Me, you, here.

We’re in relation to each other.

Whether we like to admit it or not, we are all somehow interconnected. No matter how many times you use chatgpt to solve your problems, you’re still stuck with me. So, why not somehow… try to be friends? Or at least, friendly?

And then I realized, post-Covid, post-giving-birth-to-a-whole-ass-human, post-grad-school, post-turning-30-and-realizing-strength-training-is-important, a lot of people don’t have friends. Maybe one or two. And even when they do have friends, there was a lack of richness or quality in the friendship. People were calling each other friends but they were actually as close as you and the barista are at your local coffee shop that smiles extra big when you order their recommended brew that you immediately regret. A whole $9 drink you walk out with in lame disappointment. Scolding yourself that you should’ve known better, but they complimented your damn bandana. You knew it was downhill from there.

And I'm not saying every friend you have needs to be the friend who knows your lore, and why that one scene in Harry Met Sally always makes you cry. Or why you always drink sugar-free Red Bull when you need to stay up late.

I'm just trying for us to get past the pleasantries of many of our friendships so we can unearth all the potential in each of them. Some may just be for exchanging weather updates, but what if a few of them become much deeper than just the surface? What if they maybe become home to you?

::cue chills::

So here I am with unsolicited advice on friendship. Every week, we’ll talk about friends to some capacity. Making friends, how to find them, what to do with friends, whatever friendship things that come to mind!

And, I’ll follow up with one recommendation, because, who doesn’t want a tried and true recommendation from a well-experienced (or seasoned, or OLD kinda) woman? I’ve tried that stupid facemask on TikTok that went viral. I paid too much for that bassinet you’re considering. I bought that Everlane set, and I will never shut up about it. Goal is to hit your inbox every Sunday. Cause Sundays need a rebrand. Make it Funday. Drop a line if you have ideas.

xx

Faiza