Bringing more playfulness into platonic relationships

No, you’re never too old to play with your friends

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No, you’re never too old to play with your friends

Adults often meet with friends over dinner and drinks, but other activities can inject some fun and excitement into platonic relationships.

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By Dan Tucker Claire Hyman

What if adults “played” with their friends like kids do? Catching up and chatting isn’t the only way for the older set to socialize.

Reset checks in with a journalist who explores the topic in both a forthcoming book and The Atlantic article titled “What Adults Forget About Friendship.”

GUESTS: Rhaina Cohen, producer and editor at NPR’s Embedded podcast, author of the forthcoming book The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

Claire Hyman, digital engagement producer for WBEZ’s Reset