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Is this why adult friendships feel so hard?

Busy schedules, quiet group chats and no one’s sure who should text first. Sound familiar? On this episode of Corner Piece, host Melissa Fernandes asks psychologist Marisa Franco why friendship gets so complicated as we get older, and what we can do to build closer connections. Visit the to listen to the full episode. (edited)

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Busy schedules, quiet group chats and no one’s sure who should text first. Sound familiar? On this episode of Corner Piece, host Melissa Fernandes asks psychologist Marisa Franco why friendship gets so complicated as we get older, and what we can do to build closer connections. Visit the to listen to the full episode. (edited)

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  1. @jmsl_910

    September 26, 2026 at 4:16 pm

    i don’t have a structural issue! i have standards. i’d rather be alone then with someone who is annoying, antagonistic or in someway not aligned w my deeply held values.

    • @gamemode_cat6606

      September 26, 2026 at 9:13 pm

      If one person fails to meet your standards, that’s an issue with that person. If every person fails to meet your standards, that’s an issue with your standards.

  2. @CraigClarke13

    September 26, 2026 at 4:51 pm

    This is reminiscent of the Gottman’s notion of “bids for connection” and noticing them in our people

  3. @leilafoxymomma

    September 26, 2026 at 5:26 pm

    I think there may be too many distractions. I’m 61 years old, but of course when I came up back in the day,
    there were other issues, but people talked to each other more…..verbally

  4. @gojo-q5j3x

    September 26, 2026 at 5:30 pm

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  5. @Dodger6735

    September 26, 2026 at 5:37 pm

    I’m very set in my routine. Log on for work between 8 and 9, work for 9 hours and often have a nap afterwards. Saturdays are my “me” time and then i have Sunday for chores. I don’t really have time or energy to foster those connections. I’ve got some friends i knew back in school i still talk to and play video games with, but in person interactions are lacking both due to time and geography. Also part of the reason i don’t have a boyfriend

    • @CSGJSZ

      September 26, 2026 at 6:17 pm

      @Dodger6735 It’s a dangerous business going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to

  6. @GodofEgyptYt

    September 26, 2026 at 5:44 pm

    I’d be your friend 😍🤗🫶🏽😅

  7. @JaneensInstrumentals

    September 26, 2026 at 6:17 pm

    Friendship is so important and needed ❤

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