“New Girl” Articles

But the idea that people go through a stage of “friends as family” and then graduate into “real” family is one I find to be a less-good story.

Sometimes it takes a “landline” and a little bit of getting up in each others’ business to see exactly how much friendship works for our good.

“If you can figure out how to start dating your best friend, the idea seems really nice. Like sipping an Oregon Pinot Noir, by a fire pit, at the end of a cool autumn day, wearing a cardigan nice—although if you have Oregon Pinot and a fire pit, you probably don’t need dating advice from a guy who has several Wendy’s wrappers on the floorboards of his Honda Accord.”