This past Sunday night, a few of my mates organised to catch up for the first time in what felt like months. I mean, we've all seen each other for various reasons recently (playing basketball on Tuesday nights, birthday's, engagement parties, weddings, etc...), but we rarely see each other just for the hell of it. There's usually some pre-planned event going on and as such, our attention is spread a little thin on those occasions.
It wasn't anything big; just a couple of beers to try out a new pub in the area and some souvlaki's for dinner. It was just a lot of fun to sit around for a few hours and chat about what's going on with each other, and even what's going on in the world around us (terrorism, season 6 of Game of Thrones and $5 Raspberry Pi's).
Having just read the latest Art of Manliness post, How and Why to Throw a Gentleman’s Dinner, it got me thinking about why I enjoyed that night so damn much, and I think the article hit the nail on the head: these nights are a kind of therapy.
From the article:
The truth of the matter is that you have to constantly make friendship a priority. Surrounding yourself alongside men who challenge, support, mentor, and call you out on occasion is all part of our never-ending journey of manhood. If you don’t seek such counsel, don’t expect to grow.
And now a few of us have already planned to get together again after the Christmas period.
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