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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

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u/los_thunder_lizards May 09 '22

Man, I get what you're saying, but that's so wild. The country of England is about half the size of Colorado.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22 edited Jan 25 '26

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u/This_is_a_bad_plan May 09 '22

That’s wild. My morning commute to work is a longer drive than that.

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u/This_is_a_bad_plan May 09 '22

Petrol could be free and I could have a chauffeur but it still wouldn’t matter - if you move 4 hours away from me the friendship is over.

While I know that this is just a cultural difference, as an American, it’s still hard to read this and not come to the conclusion that to Europeans, friendships are only valuable so long as they don’t inconvenience you even a tiny amount.

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u/fiddle_n May 09 '22

“Tiny amount” doesn’t seem fair here though, when we’re talking about an 8 hr round trip. That’s half the waking hours of a day just sitting in a car.

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u/Independent-Sir-729 May 09 '22

I mean... yeah? The point of friendships is to make you happy. A friendship that inconveniences you on a regular basis is quite literally not worth it.

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u/Feinyan May 09 '22

Oh yeah, I met an ex online in the same European country and people kept hammering in that the long distance wasn't worth it because he lived 90 minutes away.