Keep In Touch! with Deb and Sherry

In the season 2 finale, Sherry and Deb chat through their major learnings from this season's  deep dive into friendship.

In this episode,  Sherry and Deb reflect on a recent article about how the pandemic has affected GenZ friendships and reminisce on the kinds of friendships they had in their late teens/early 20s. Article referenced below:https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/968712893/young-people-struggle-to-keep-friends-close-as-pandemic-pulls-them-apart

In this episode, we talk about the importance of deep male friendship and community. Sherry tries the Baby Foot product.Articles referenced:https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/the-challenges-of-male-friendships/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27259689/toxic-masculinity-male-friendships-emotional-labor-men-rely-on-women/https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/11/30/male-bonding-covid/

In this article, we review the article from the Atlantic on friendships within romantic relationships. Deb and Sherry chat about how their own friendships with their partners have evolved during the pandemic.https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/02/falling-in-love-wont-make-you-happy/617989/

In this episode, Sherry and Deb talk about the importance of weak ties, those casual fun interactions we had more often pre-pandemic.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/pandemic-goodbye-casual-friends/617839/

In this episode, Sherry and Deb talk about their experiences with friend break-ups, how they can just be like relationships, and how to grow and move forward.

In this episode, we talk about how we navigate prioritizing friendships compared to romantic relationships. Trends toward people putting friendships as their most significant essential relationships over new romance. Sherry also shares a friendship art project.Articles mentioned below.https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/people-who-prioritize-friendship-over-romance/616779/https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/dear-prudence-family-thinks-girlfriend-is-controlling-advice.htmlhttps://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/309

In this episode, we chat about "manufactured" friendships aka reality tv friend groups along with the different roles people take on within different friend groups.

In this episode, we delve into "the money" conversation and chat about how our friendships affect our spending habits. We also chat through our views on money as a whole and financial goals moving forward.

Season 2 is all about famous friendships and lessons we can take from their examples to apply in our own lives.In this episode, we talk about The Inklings, and the friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. We talk about the value of feedback in friendship and how we deal with feedback in our own lives.Book mention:https://www.amazon.com/Bandersnatch-Tolkien-Creative-Collaboration-Inklings/dp/1606352768