News — Friendship

― William James   William was single, in his mid-thirties, had recently moved to a new town, and worked out of his apartment as a freelance graphic designer.   Most of his close friends were drifting away due to marriages and relationships, children being born and raised, and escalating job pressures.  He was not particularly tight with his family.  As a result of this confluence of non-connection, William was lonely.  So when he heard that a nearby community center hosted a “Saturday Night Social” each week,  he summoned his courage, shoved aside his natural shyness, bought some new denim jeans and...