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It's a wind up
New Zealand Listener|January 27 - February 02, 2024
As humiliating as they can be, those reminders of past blunders are all part of being mates.
- MARC WILSON
It's a wind up

As the New Year receded into the past but the holiday feeling was still hanging in, I caught up with an old university friend returning to New Zealand for a family visit. I can't remember the last time Lester and I caught up, but it's more than a decade and maybe less than a couple. We chatted over burgers, bringing each other up to speed on our families and professional lives, and then headed off.

As we parted, Lester observed a funny thing about relationships. He speculated that men seem to be able to have no contact for years but pick up the conversation as it left off. Women, on the other hand, have to get up to speed either by re-laying the groundwork, or not falling out of contact in the first place.

This story is from the January 27 - February 02, 2024 edition of New Zealand Listener.

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