> As long as you've got a couple good friends who have your back even if you haven't talked in months, you're golden
This is very true. I had a longterm, and at the time I thought "rest of life", relationship break down in my early thirties and looking back it has been a change for the very best. I 100% agree about the "wall" at the year 30 mark (she was also around that age and I can't help but think she had a crisis of thought about "is this 'it'?"). I was very much feeling that and it was creating a combined sense of excitement and sheer terror. Throughout all of this was a handful of my own friends, of which I see one regularly and the rest sporadically (from months to years even) - but I never once felt "lacking" in friendship.
This is very true. I had a longterm, and at the time I thought "rest of life", relationship break down in my early thirties and looking back it has been a change for the very best. I 100% agree about the "wall" at the year 30 mark (she was also around that age and I can't help but think she had a crisis of thought about "is this 'it'?"). I was very much feeling that and it was creating a combined sense of excitement and sheer terror. Throughout all of this was a handful of my own friends, of which I see one regularly and the rest sporadically (from months to years even) - but I never once felt "lacking" in friendship.