“If one does have some form of community going - an exceptionally tight-knit family, a group of old friends who regularly break bread together, belonging to a club based on a common passion, bonding with pets, a cohesive church congregation - it serves as a comforting bulwark between the individual and a world untethered from humanity’s historic common assumptions.”
My family has always been strong and close. I’m still very close with a group of old high school friends (including one from all the way back in preschool). I also have a different group of friends where I live, some of whom go to my church, two of whom (husband and wife) I rent from, who meet weekly to break bread and discuss ideas. My church is great and I really like the people there. Been going there almost three years. Not a pet person, though.
I’m not married and don’t have kids, but I think I have time on all of that, especially if I meet a girl a few years younger than me.
“If one does have some form of community going - an exceptionally tight-knit family, a group of old friends who regularly break bread together, belonging to a club based on a common passion, bonding with pets, a cohesive church congregation - it serves as a comforting bulwark between the individual and a world untethered from humanity’s historic common assumptions.”
My family has always been strong and close. I’m still very close with a group of old high school friends (including one from all the way back in preschool). I also have a different group of friends where I live, some of whom go to my church, two of whom (husband and wife) I rent from, who meet weekly to break bread and discuss ideas. My church is great and I really like the people there. Been going there almost three years. Not a pet person, though.
I’m not married and don’t have kids, but I think I have time on all of that, especially if I meet a girl a few years younger than me.