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casual friendships develop after spending around 50 hours together, close friendships after around 100 hours, and best friendships after around 150 hours or more. Yet, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American adults spend only about 30 minutes per day socializing during the week and about an hour per day on the weekend. Compare this to the three hours per day we spend watching television or the several hours a day twentysomethings routinely spend on their devices. In fact, as of 2023, nearly half of young adults say they spend more time socializing online than they do in person. So, maybe we have more time for friendships than we think we do.
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Meg Jay (The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age)