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Jul 2024
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The Vexing Problem of the 'Medium Friend...

Tinx
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I’ve done pods on friendship before, but this is my first about “medium friends”.  I came across this topic in the New York Times article “The Vexing Problem of the Medium Friend” and found it quite interesting.   Medium friends are people who are more than acquaintances but not your closest friends…which can create a whole host of problems.

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