The Great (Friendship) Recession

Fires out, bridges burned, and bubbles bursted

Friendships are like fire. They can keep you warm, they need frequent attention and care in order to flourish, and they can burn you. If one person stops tending to the flames, it puts an extra burden on the other. How is one person expected to keep a fire going by themself? When both people neglect to add new logs to the hearth, the fire is doomed to g…