# 🔗 The quiet grief of adult friendship

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-06-13
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/06/13/the-quiet-grief-of-adult-friendship/
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> Friendship, however, has always depended on a certain irrational generosity. A willingness to waste time together magnificently. To listen to the same anxiety for the fifth time. To sit through silence. To remain available without agenda.

*Source:* [The quiet grief of adult friendship](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/civil-irony/the-quiet-grief-of-adult-friendship/)

A lot of people sent me this post and to their credit, the message contained is beautiful. However, the message was sullied because I could see [AI writing everywhere](https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/05/23/i-see-ai-writing-everywhere/). In a post-irony world where ["The Future of Truth" contains clanker-slop](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/media/future-of-truth-ai-quotes.html), maybe I am the odd person out.