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So another aspect of the relationship is social and when people start to go from an individual

being in a relationship, this is one aspect where my friends and your friends starts to become a conversation.

Which do we spend more time with? Do we try to mix the friends?

And I think this is very early on

in a relationship. So what would you have to say about that? Is it a game of trying to figure out

which friends are better? Which ones do we spend more time with? Do we try to mix them as we start

to go from individuals to being in a relationship? Goodness, what a topic. Well, before I give a more

tangible answer, I just want to reflect back to when we were first dating. Our friends were very

different, not one better than the other. I was just at that point really surrounding myself with

people who were creating things, more entrepreneurs, people going to personal development

seminars. And I noticed a difference of how I felt with different friends. And so it wasn't better

or worse. For me, the question I started to ask myself was, who do I get to be most authentic with? And that's when I started to feel a pull

towards certain people. And I know in the beginning I didn't always deliver that answer to you

in the most effective way. In a way, I was a little bit like, oh, why do we have to go to this

party? You know, I don't party you know I don't want to

I don't want to be around them so it was it was creating a little bit of tension because in a way I was

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