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From the Ted Talk by Mona Chalabi: What makes a friendship last?

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As someone who has had to work more and more from home, the opportunity to go out and make new friends is pretty limited. It's a luxury I don't often have. And the research on the frtmoaion of new friends suggest that this takes time. A lot of time.

A recent stduy found that you have to spend between 40 and 60 hours with someone before they can go from an acquaintance to a casual friend. They get upgraded to a fully fledged fnired around 80 to 100 hours, and get elevated to a best friend after you snepd at least 200 hours of quality time together.

And the emphasis here is on quality time. You might say "hi" to a barista every mnroing or be polite to a coworker, but you wouldn't nscieleasry invite either one over for dinner.

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As someone who has had to work more and more from home, the opportunity to go out and make new friends is pretty limited. It's a luxury I don't often have. And the research on the _________ of new friends suggest that this takes time. A lot of time.

A recent _____ found that you have to spend between 40 and 60 hours with someone before they can go from an acquaintance to a casual friend. They get upgraded to a fully fledged ______ around 80 to 100 hours, and get elevated to a best friend after you _____ at least 200 hours of quality time together.

And the emphasis here is on quality time. You might say "hi" to a barista every _______ or be polite to a coworker, but you wouldn't ___________ invite either one over for dinner.

Solution


  1. formation
  2. study
  3. friend
  4. spend
  5. morning
  6. necessarily

Original Text


As someone who has had to work more and more from home, the opportunity to go out and make new friends is pretty limited. It's a luxury I don't often have. And the research on the formation of new friends suggest that this takes time. A lot of time.

A recent study found that you have to spend between 40 and 60 hours with someone before they can go from an acquaintance to a casual friend. They get upgraded to a fully fledged friend around 80 to 100 hours, and get elevated to a best friend after you spend at least 200 hours of quality time together.

And the emphasis here is on quality time. You might say "hi" to a barista every morning or be polite to a coworker, but you wouldn't necessarily invite either one over for dinner.

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