The person you decide to build a life with is one of the most important decisions you can make, but also… Sometimes the person you once knew (or even the person you once were) changes unexpectedly. There are things we know now that we never could have predicted in our 20s and were getting married. When we picked our ex-husbands, we really thought we made the right choice, but shit happens and shit changes. Even with all the planning and foresight in the world, you can never predict how things will change, and putting pressure on marriages to be either perfect decisions or failures helps no one. Life changes all of us—sometimes for the better, but not always. Maybe that means picking an imperfect partner or ending a relationship we thought would last forever. All we can do is our best.

A 911 call [1:05]

Last minute surgeries [10:13]

Anyone can change, at any given time [14:17]

Life throws curveballs all the time [17:22]

Are you willing to work together through the hard parts? [22:04]

Your “perfect match” may never exist [25:20]

You don’t know what you don’t know [28:15]

Life changes all of us [32:58]

All we can do is our best [36:08]

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When you’ve travelled as much as we have, and worked from home for as long as we have, building an in-person community is harder than it looks. We have so many deep friendships that we love and cherish, but those people we love are often states away. That’s all well and good, except for the times when you’re in need, and you need the support of a community. It’s something we’ve taken for granted before, but as our lives change more and more, community is something we’re really craving. We’ll always love our online communities and our long-distance friendships, but we need our in-person communities too.

Missing out on community [3:42]

Is community easier to build with kids? [7:38]

Saying yes to every invite [11:11]

Some neighborhoods are friendlier than others [13:43]

Your community doesn’t need to be your BFFs [14:43]

Different levels of connection [17:59]

Are we just introverts? [20:37]

Relying only on your partner is a slippery slope [24:19]

It’s more important than we thought [27:30]

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What makes a good friend? Is it someone with lots of wealth, power, or status? Someone who can connect you with important people? Kind of sounds like a business colleague or mentor to us. When we think of the best friends we have, none of those qualities is at the top of the list. Friendships that are meaningful and lasting aren’t transactional. So, some people think that friends that are too busy to see you are “better,” but we think that’s bullshit.

Lashes and Love is Blind [1:45]

Moving somewhere new [6:03]

A trip to and in Peru [11:53]

Where the fuck is Costa Rica? [15:30]

Are busy friends “better” friends? [16:31]

What “better” really means [17:42]

True friendship isn’t transactional [21:09]

Who are your close friends? [23:32]

Cultivating friendships [24:51]

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