The Stretch: Summer of Friendship #5

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We stretch when we grow with, and in response to, a friend. But it can be hard to figure out: How do you know how much to give to a friendship—and take from it? We talk to therapist Jordan Pickell about interdependence and the blurry line between leaning on friends and asking too much of them.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend.
0:03.9	A podcast for long distance festies everywhere.
0:07.0	I'm Amina Tussaud.
0:08.7	I'm Anne Friedman.
0:10.9	Hi Anne Friedman.
0:12.1	Hello hello.
0:14.1	Oh, love the energy that you're bringing today.
0:17.0	Are you trolling me?
0:20.7	I am not trolling you.
0:21.7	That was a very energetic intro.
0:26.3	We're in the hot doldrums of summer.
0:28.5	We are deep in book promo exhaustion and you are bringing the energy consistently.
0:33.6	You know what, boo-boo.
0:36.2	You get the best of me every day.
0:38.0	There you go.
0:39.0	Don't I know it and don't I appreciate it?
0:42.4	Oh my gosh.
0:43.5	What are we talking about today?
0:45.6	Today we are talking about an extended metaphor that you and I came up with to describe all
0:53.4	the ways that being in a friendship and staying in a friendship can challenge us as
0:59.5	individuals.
1:01.0	We call it the stretch.
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