Meals

Girlfriends:
Girlfriends tell you it's ok to check your boyfriend's mobile phone in secret (cos they do that too).
Girlfriends tell you he's a pri*k, and they never liked his face.
Girlfriends simply love you enough to tell you the truth, and nothing but the truth.
I love tell-all 三八 dinners with girlfriends - the last one at Insomnia, CHIJMES.

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Older friends:
Older friends tell you they saw it coming when you didn't. (But they tell you nicely).
Older friends say it objectively so you don't feel so stupid.
Older friends, well, they are usually wise and it's nice to talk to wise people.
I love slow lunches with older friends - the last one at Cedele, Wheelock Place.

Aren't meals such useful, lovely things? :)