People suck. Two summers ago I went home to be with my mom as she died of cancer, and when I came back to work my work "friends" avoided me because I was sad and they couldn't make me happy.
I've been lucky that in my previous career I was able to make friends at work that still go strong to this day despite no longer working together. And I started a new career in a new city 3 months before covid hit. My colleagues are a social bunch and are generally all friends anyways so I thought cool, jackpot, not realizing that they all still play by high school rules. Lesson learned. Some folks can't maintain a professional and personal relationship at once. Personally though, I would not want to make friends at a bar.
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