Have you ever met
someone and hit it off right away, finding yourself sharing way too much
information in your first meeting and feeling totally normal about it?
Well, this Saturday night, Kurt and I went to my friends’ Christmas
party and did just that. We didn’t know many people, so naturally, we
stood by the kitchen and intercepted homemade spanikopita fresh from the
oven and mini apricot and brie filo pastries that burned the roofs of
our mouths from the unsuspecting arms of our hostess. Yes, my friends, I
know how to party. (Sidenote: this is also the best place to stand
during the cocktail hour at weddings. No more will you be shouting,
“THERE WERE MINI HOTDOGS?!” because you will have first dibs. You’re
welcome.)
Anyway,
after awhile, another couple came over and introduced themselves. They
were our hosts’ neighbors and in the first 15 minutes we covered birth
control, vasectomies, periods, and poop, without irony, or shame. Forget
the weather and what you do for a living; apparently, the best way to
make friends is to delve into those really, deeply personal and awkward
topics. After realizing what we'd been talking about with, let's face
it, perfect strangers, we
laughed and moved on to more
“appropriate” topics as more people joined our conversation.
Meanwhile, I contemplated how to make these people our very best
friends, because really, how often do you meet people right off the bat
with whom topics like these surface naturally (outside of a doctor's
office, of course)?
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