You will probably laugh at this because most of the world has figured this out already. However, it is new to me, which at almost 30 is pretty sad I guess, but everyone has their own pace.
I've had friends, Debra has had friends, the kids have had friends. Those are things that I have understood. One-on-one friendships. Growing up neither of my parents had many friends and I didn't either so again it was pretty much exclusively one-on-one friendships.
Today I realized that my family now has several friend families. Families that up and down the line are my family's friends. I hadn't really thought about it much, but I guess I had assumed it would be basically just like individual friends. But nope, it is a lot different. It really brings the benefits of friendship onto a whole new level. Compound interest I guess if you will.
Everyone is able to connect with someone like them, guys, wives, kids. And no one is left out so there aren't any additional logistics. It doesn't count as a night I'm out and we don't have to find babysitting.
Plus it opens up activities that we never have really done. We have had couples and families over for dinner and game nights, and that is great, but when you have a family as a friend it makes bigger trips and activities a real thing. It probably sounds weird, but we have never gone to the zoo or camping or anything like that with another family. It just hasn't been a thing.
So regardless of our lateness to the party, I am glad we have arrived and it is looking good.
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