#4 - Creating & maintaining friendships as adults: weighing the options

In this episode  we continue with a discussion that started in the last episode: being an expat. This time we go into one aspect of it, which is having to create and maintain friendships in a new city, as adults.  

The conflict discussed is: On the one hand wanting to go out there to form connections while being conflicted about the effort required to have high quality friendships.

We go through the episode discussing direct benefits we've experienced from close friendships, the difficulties of forming these as adults and how we cope.

Questions answered: 
- What motivates you to pursue friendships with others while living in a new city? 
- What are some direct benefits you experience from adult friendships?
- What are some downsides of forming and maintaining these friendships?
- How do you cope with this conflict?