In the fifth grade I did a science experiments that measured the rates of decay of different foods by measuring the amount of mold on each food. I had samples of cottage cheese, ground beef, cooked pasta and salsa. Everything got moldy. Everything decayed. The cottage cheese took the longest and my fourth grade scientific mind took that down to the pasteurization of the cheese. The sort of purification of the cheese by removing bacteria.
I wish you could see the rates of decay of friendships. I wish you could pinpoint that first moment of mold growth and go "whoa, this friendship is going bad. Its all moldy and maybe we need to sit back and talk." But friendships are not food samples in my fifth grade science experiment. Friendships are complex and deep and intricate and beautiful.
I think what I want to say is that I hope this friendship isn't ending. I think what I want to say is that I hope we're the cottage cheese of this experience, pasteurized and long lasting. I hope we out stay the rest of this mold. I hope we last the longest.
*I'm sorry I compared us to cheese, I know that's not that cool.
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