FRIENDLY MIXED FEELINGS

A couple that we know, and that we are friends with, and that Anders has been friends with since he was a teenager, made the startling comment the other night at a party that they are not in the market for new friends. In fact, whenever the opportunity arises to get to know someone new or he, for example, says “We ought to invite that new couple over for dinner,” she panics and immediately squashes the whole idea…or vice versa. Considering that this is the first time we’ve seen them ourselves since February 2003, we can sort of understand where...