How many friends do I need?
Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
Do You Need to Invest 200 Hours Over a Three Month Period to Maintain Friendships?
Research shows that you need to invest around 200 hours over a three months period to turn a just friend into one of those good friends. Having only five super close friends in my top teer feels wey too few, and 50 just good friends in the lower tier feels like wayh too many. So i took out the old coloring pencils and decided to plot my friends. We learned from professor dumbar that as humans, we can successfully maintain around one undred and 50 friends. Those friends fall into different layers depending on how close they are. And if you like, you can try this along with me. I am going to draw a small circle about t e size of my fist
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