(S +) Leisure stress, overtime, pandemic: Why do I hardly see my friends anymore?

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It was probably over coffee before work or on the go for a walk.

Looking casually at the mobile phone display, I noticed a saying in my Twitter timeline: "To be an adult means to tell your friends every week 'From next week it will definitely be more relaxed with me, then we'll see each other' until you die."

I felt caught twice.

Far too often I use free moments in everyday life to check the news on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

I write WhatsApp messages or make phone calls less often.

Of course, the wording in the tweet is pointed.

It's not that I never see my friends.

But: I rarely see them.

Too rare for my taste.

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