Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to mix and match friends when you are
Speaker 1: planning something fun. If you like one person and you
Speaker 1: like another person, the odds that the two of them
Speaker 1: will get along are very high, so it is absolutely
Speaker 1: fine to get together with both of them at the
Speaker 1: same time. Your friends are my friends and my friends
Speaker 1: are your friends. As the song goes, and the more
Speaker 1: we get together, the happier will be. So if you
Speaker 1: are like a lot of people, you are probably spending
Speaker 1: some time actively rebuilding relationships with people you didn't see
Speaker 1: as often in the last couple of years. Spending one
Speaker 1: on one time with people is wonderful, but especially when
Speaker 1: we are talking about people that we like but haven't
Speaker 1: been best friends with for decades. This re establishment of
Speaker 1: relationships doesn't have to be a one at a time endeavor. Instead,
Speaker 1: why not get together with two or more people at once.
Speaker 1: Let's say you have two friends who love Dalton Abbey
Speaker 1: but who aren't in the same social circles. One's a neighbor,
Speaker 1: one's a colleague. Why not invite both of them to
Speaker 1: go see the new movie with you. You'll get to
Speaker 1: catch up with both of them, and you'll all get
Speaker 1: to watch a movie you want to see. They'll both
Speaker 1: get to meet someone new with whom they have at
Speaker 1: least one thing in common. Want to run a five
Speaker 1: k benefiting a charity you volunteer for. Why not invite
Speaker 1: your volunteer colleague and your running body to run it
Speaker 1: with you. No worries if they only know each other
Speaker 1: vaguely or even not at all. It's just a run
Speaker 1: and they'll get to know each other better along the way.
Speaker 1: Plus you will probably get to know the two of
Speaker 1: them better, since the chemistry is different when we have
Speaker 1: different people in the mix. I recently read an article
Speaker 1: in The New York Times that captured what a thrill
Speaker 1: it is as our world's broaden again to run into
Speaker 1: people with whom we have weak ties. Your best friend's
Speaker 1: work friend, your mom's neighbor, your gym buddy's sister, and
Speaker 1: so forth. People you might see when you're at bigger
Speaker 1: get togethers, or you happen to cross paths with, but
Speaker 1: you wouldn't reach out to directly. Weak ties may help
Speaker 1: us find jobs or partners, and these people may share
Speaker 1: information with us that our strong ties can't simply because
Speaker 1: our strong ties know the same things and people we do.
Speaker 1: But even beyond all that, running into weak ties creates
Speaker 1: more variety and delight in daily life. So consider inviting
Speaker 1: more than one friend on the next outing you plan.
Speaker 1: You can create novelty for your friends by mixing and
Speaker 1: matching people for your get togethers, and you could see
Speaker 1: more people you love without going out more than your
Speaker 1: schedule or budget allows. Your friends are my friends. Even
Speaker 1: on the off chance that something strange happens and there's
Speaker 1: a little friction between two of your friends who hail
Speaker 1: from different social circles, my guess is that if you
Speaker 1: like both of them, they are both well behaved enough
Speaker 1: to deal with it, it will be fine for a
Speaker 1: few hours. There's very little downside and a lot of
Speaker 1: upside if you take the chance. In the meantime, this
Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the
Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear
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