Last weekend Pies and I celebrated 40 years of friendship at her place in Adelaide. Except for her kids asking where the Hard Solos were and the bloke she had over for Friday dinner being the ex-premier, it was like we were teenagers again.

Tried on wacky stuff in op shops, snorted with laughter revisiting our business idea for a surprising funeral service, had two days where only protein shakes and tequila passed our lips. Loved each other’s shoes, I was the tidying matron to her vortex of controlled chaos.

Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan and Carrie Coon as three friends in season three of The White Lotus.

And we hit the dance floor. Two women with eight kids between them, held together by HRT and collagen and transition lenses, bringing it to When Will I Be Famous? Sort of ridiculous but super precious.

I’ve subscribed to the trope of “we can pick up where we left off 20 years ago”. But my weekend made me appreciate anew friendship has to be more than meeting twice a year for overpriced margaritas and ritual retellings of that wild night in Broadbeach and half-lit revelations about whether you’re still in love or secretly disappointed with your........

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