Every friendship is transactional at its core
This hill is unclaimed. Nobody is willing to die on it. Yet. First blood pending.
- Pay, and you hold it.
- Anyone can dethrone you for more.
- Every claim stays on the record.
No claims on the record.
The other side
Friendship starts with proximity. Same classrooms, same shifts, until the accident of being nearby hardens into something that outlasts the shift. People fly across the country to sit with a friend who cannot talk back and will not remember the visit. That trip returns nothing. The ledger has no entry for it, because affection was never keeping one.
Tell me when this hill changes hands.
One email per change of hands. Unsubscribe link in every one.
Adjacent hills to die on
Soulmates are a destructive romantic myth
Daily good morning texts beat any grand romantic gesture
Opposites attract is a myth
Unconditional love is a myth that traps people in toxic relationships
A chaotic partner beats boring stability
There is no right time to have a baby
More relationships hills, all of them, or find one worth $1 of your convictions.