Everything Isn't Terrible by Kathleen Smith

Author:Kathleen Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2019-12-30T16:00:00+00:00

Triangles

Shaky friendships are often stabilized by triangles. When a conversation grows boring, maybe you start to gossip about another friend’s love life. Perhaps a friendship is built on your mutual disdain for classmates, a coworker, or even an actor. If you’re skeptical, grab a friend, and see how long you both can talk about each other before you shift to talking about a third person. Difficult, right?

Mira could see how her friendships with her fellow PhD students were like a two-legged stool—without a third person to bitch about, they weren’t steady. Her school friendships were built on their mutual disdain for their professors. Lunch conversations poked fun at those who gave terrible lectures or had questionable fashion sense. When they ran out of funny anecdotes, they vented about their workload or dismal employment prospects. Though she enjoyed griping in the moment, Mira always left these gatherings feeling irritable. She didn’t know the first thing about her classmates, and she imagined that they weren’t particularly interested in getting to know her. She looked at them and saw people wealthier and smarter than she was. Maybe the chaos and resentments of grad school were the only elements that could sustain their camaraderie. It wasn’t a friendship—it was a ventship.

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