The Seven-Year Itch Cuts Our Friends in Half « N e u r o n a r r a t i v e

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The Seven-Year Itch Cuts Our Friends in Half « N e u r o n a r r a t i v e

I wonder to what extent the findings of this Dutch study are universal or peculiar to Holland. I am reluctant to drop friends entirely, but my closest friends seven years ago are not necessarily the same now. I don't see quite the degree of overlap between categories of friends and acquaintances (our--mostly synagogue from two congregations--Brooklyn neighbors, friends and acquaintances; my literary--mostly poetry--friends and acquaintances; Shoshana's visual arts--mostly painting--friends and acquaintances; Shoshana's day job friends and acquaintances; our respective on-line friends and acquaintances--some of whom we've met and whose company we enjoy in real life; and our friends and acquaintances from childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood--some of whom we've reconnected with on-line and others we've stayed in touch with over the decades by older technologies) than the article predicts.