This is an all ears English podcast episode 2619. Do you think two is a party and three is a crowd?

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Ready?

So do you think that two is a party but three is a crowd?

What are your thoughts there on hanging out in groups of two versus three?

I think it really depends.

I remember when I was growing up, I was really, so it was, I mean, this is when I was like a little, little kid.

There was a, there were a group of three of us as friends who were still friends today,

but there was like one base friend and we both wanted to be her friend. And so the two

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