The Rise and Fall of the “Best Friend” in Modern Culture
It’s not easy to get a close friend in adulthood — but it’s still worth trying.
6 min readMar 25, 2024
Can you remember your first best friend? What was their name? How did you meet?
I made mine, Ryan, at age 5. We frequented each other’s homes and spent every summer playing for hours and doing sleepovers…