“Coffee and catchup” friends versus “making memories” friends

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I’ve seen this discourse online where people discuss the difference between “coffee and catchup” friends and “making memories” friends. The former is pretty self explanatory - these are friends who you’ll catch up with over coffee, chat about what’s being going on in your lives, and that’s the extent of it. These friendships might be more casual, or more like acquaintanceships. Whereas the “making memories” friends tend to be those friendships where you go on “adventures” together and make memories, and you tend to be more involved in each other’s lives, and you tend to be more open about your thoughts and feelings.

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with coffee and catch up friends - they’re great, but it feels sad if “coffee and catch up” friends are the only friends a person has. It feels like in adulthood, friendships become less of a priority and that makes me sad. I’m fortunate enough to have a close online friend who I can tell pretty much anything to, but most friendships made in adulthood end up becoming “coffee and catch up” friendships where it has been arranged weeks in advance, and we politely update each other on our separate lives, and then we go home. It feels like this is just the nature of adulthood, but it still makes me sad.

Idk. I know this topic has likely been discussed to death, but it was something I was reflecting on. I don’t really need advice, it was more of a discussion really.

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