A friendship is a thing best conducted in a pile

- is a phrase that i wish was an actual saying, not just a thing I thought up today. Life goal: form and live in a commune. It would be so great to have a choice of seven-eight people to choose between for purposes of any interaction: wake up, make coffee with and for Aparna (alphabetically naming fictional future commune members), eat Bob's eggs (runny yolk coating foraged mushrooms), hear Cat in the distance - singing in the shower, ignore Dharmendra, lean over Ellie's shoulder... or just escape to the terrace for some quiet time. But oh the joy of being within shouting distance from a hug or a chat or a companionable cry. Only friends allowed in my commune, no blood relatives - thank you and goodbye.