winter什么意思英文欣赏：朋友的种类Types of Friends

2021年1月26日发(作者：disaffection)
英文欣赏：朋友的种类
Types of Friends



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A Faraway Friend is someone you grew up with or went to
school with or lived in the same town as until one of you
moved away. Without a Faraway Friend, you would never get any
mail addressed in handwriting. A Faraway Friend calls late at
night, invites you to her wedding, always says she is coming
to visit but rarely shows up. An actual visit from a Faraway
Friend is a cause for celebration and binges of all kinds.
Cigarettes, Chips Ahoy, bottles of Former Friend.
A sad thing. At best a wistful memory, at worst a dangerous
enemy who is in possession of many of your deepest secrets.
But what was it that drove you apart? A misunderstanding, a
betrayed confidence, an unrepaid loan, an ill-conceived
flirtation. A poor choice of spouse can do in a friendship
just like that. Going into business together can be a serious
mistake. Time, money, distance, cult religions
：
all noted
friendship killers.



A New Friend is a tonic unlike any other. Say you meet
her at a party. In your bowling league. At a Japanese
conversation class, perhaps.



Wherever, whenever, there's that spark of recognition.
The first time you talk, you can't believe how much you have
in common. Suddenly, your life story is interesting again,
your insights fresh, your opinion valued. Your various
shortcomings are as yet completely invisible.