A LOT of things change among friends as they turn older. Besides the frequency of seeing one another becoming less often and the time you would pack-up and end these rare meetups becoming earlier than the last one (you all would be throwing pats on the back for lasting until 9 p.m.), it's the conversations that hit the most differently. Notice how I used 'differently' in the previous sentence even while to say 'it hits different' seems to be the norm in recent years? That's because strictly speaking, 'different' functions as an adjective and its adverb form is 'differently.' Anyway, going back, our conversations have now become more serious and mature, if you could put it that way. I mean, who are these people?! Last night, we went to see our dear friend who came home from Texas to spend the holidays, at another friend's lovely home in Merville. We all have been friends since our first jobs as bankers in the mid-2000s and have since gone our separate ways with some even finding their new lives abroad. But some things never change, and these do not include the topics of our conversations, that's for sure! Ten years earlier, we would have spent the entire night talking about other people (mostly in a good way, of course), but now in our 40s, we would jump from comparing our Meralco bills and sharing tips on how to save on electricity, to our health insurances, our mortgages and how we deal with money within our own families which now include our respective partners and/or children/fur children. Well, that escalated quickly! Hit me up on Instagram and share tipid tips!
