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A recent article suggests the period for making BFFS the way you did in your teens and 20s is over – so have I accumulated the right kinds of friends? 最近的一篇文章提到，结交最好朋友的阶段是在青少年时期和20多岁这段期间，过了这段时间，结交朋友的方式会发生变化，也很难交到好朋友了。——那我现在有没有积累够合适的朋友呢？ Once, after spending four straight days alone in my flat, communicating only with an editor (via email) and myself (via the bathroom mirror), I asked myself (in the back of a spoon): "Do you really need friends? You seem to be doing just fine all by yourself." It was my cue to drop the spoon, get dressed and make plans to see a friend as soon as possible. 曾经有一次，我一个人在公寓里呆了整整四天，只和编辑交流（通过电子邮件），再就是自我交流（对着镜子），我问我自己（对着勺子的背面）：“你真的需要朋友吗？你看起来自己一个人就挺不错的了。” 这提醒我扔掉勺子，穿上衣服，尽快安排和朋友见面。 Earlier this week, I read Alex Williams's New York Times piece in which he explores the difficulties of making friends after the age of 30. Actual close friends are in shorter supply, argues Williams. "No matter how many friends you make, a sense of fatalism can creep in: the period for making BFFs, the way you did in your teens or early 20s, is pretty much over. It's time to resign yourself to situational friends: KOF's (kind of friends) ..." | 
