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There is no greater joy than watching the unique and freaky ways my friends connect with each other | Rebecca Shaw

In a world determined to isolate us, it is such a pleasure to connect two people I know and love and watch their friendship take off

Last week I went to a beloved friend’s 40th birthday, and I got to witness something I deeply believe about friendship distilled in one room.

Sitting around a table full of mutual friends, screaming and laughing in a way that would usually be annoying, the subject of how everyone had become friends with the birthday boy came up. I’ll call him Ben.

In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets.

Rebecca Shaw is a writer based in Sydney

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May 28, 2026 Friendship Life and style

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