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So a topic that came up many times in many different ways is to open up some conversation

around being an adult in authentic friendships.

I think a really great place to start when even I'm thinking of authentic friendships, I

think naturally we sometimes make the jump to deep, right?

We somehow assume that to be authentic means to share our deepest, darkest secrets

are up most of vulnerability, and I think a really helpful place, and I think I believe

that myself, at one point, that all relationships needed to provide this deep emotional bonding

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