Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

by Marisa G. Franco

The truth is, what feels vulnerable for us reveals something deeper about what we’ve learned to be ashamed of.

“I definitely don’t count absence as rejection. I just think that that is a natural occurrence. A lot of the friendships in my life right now have certainly evolved over time, and I just want to hold them loosely enough to allow that to happen and not let that mar the friendship as a whole.”