It is true to say that the maintenance of close relationships between friends isn’t an easy process. Unless these relationships have already progressed through years of brother/sisterhood, they are bound to be ‘superficial’.

As I was talking to Serene that day about ex-s, it struck me how people always say so and so are their close pals, yet at the same time, the intimacy and ‘tightness’ of this relationship are often underemphasized.

It becomes strangely familiar when friends you haven’t quite talked to for sometime begin to chat with you. Stuff like “How’s life?” and “What have you been up to?” trigger off the conversation. However, sadly most of the real talking just ends there. Thus I start to hypothesize that perhaps, regular monthly HTHT is the bare minimum standard to maintain a closely knitted friendship. At least one without any awkward silence because you kind of know both of you don’t care much about awkwardness.