As a gay adult not planning to have children, friends are the center of my life and probably will be for a long time. I think gay culture in NYC is an excellent example of the opposite of what this article describes - we all work hard, and many of us have partners, but we all maintain an evolving network of friends. It’s not hard to stay in touch or run into someone or make plans on a whim. It feels kind of like we’re all permanently adolescents. People come and go (jobs, travel, new opportunities), but with enough connections there’s always someone you’ve known for a while who is currently around. Sometimes these friendships aren’t very deep, sometimes they are. Some are brief, some are decades long.
