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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

Read more The Encounter<\/a><\/p>\n

There are times you meet friends for a long-planned dinner. And then there are times you invite them over just to hang out while you fold laundry. As I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve come to appreciate the second option.<\/p>\n

Friendship in adulthood can feel like a feat of organization. We meet for brunch, make dinner reservations weeks in advance, or spend days trying to find a time that works for everyone. The activity itself becomes the point. Julie Beck recently wrote about the other kind of social life: one built around doing nothing in particular. Maybe you\u2019re sitting on a couch while a friend answers emails, talking while someone packs for a trip, helping prep dinner. What you\u2019re doing hardly matters. What matters is inviting someone into the ordinary parts of your life instead of waiting for an occasion that feels worthy of an invitation.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s newsletter explores how some of the best time we spend with other people happens not when we\u2019ve planned something special, but when we simply make room for them in the middle of an ordinary day.<\/p>\n

Read more A Canvas as Big as the Country<\/a><\/p>\n

On Togetherness<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fold Laundry With Me!<\/p>\n

By Julie Beck<\/i><\/p>\n

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The case for a lower-stakes social life<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Americans Need to Party More<\/p>\n

By Ellen Cushing<\/i><\/p>\n

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We\u2019re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need. (From 2025<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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The Friendship Paradox<\/p>\n

By Olga Khazan<\/i><\/p>\n

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We all want more time with our friends, but we\u2019re spending more time alone. (From 2024<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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