10 perfectly valid reasons to phone that friend

& chat your way forward.

“Hi! Yes! Nothing urgent. Just wanted to talk. Why? Well, lots of reasons:

1: Because after we talk, we both feel better about all kinds of things, and that’s pretty magical.

Thank you for listening.

2: Because I don’t know exactly what I just experienced until you help me understand it, you know?

Thank you for helping me sort this out.

3: Because I want to share some good news and good news is safe to share with you.

Thank you for being on my team.

4: Because I want to tell you how great you are in all the ways only you can be, and I know the rest of the world can be pretty harsh.

Thank you for being yourself.

5: Because the strangest thing just happened, is still happening, and it is freaking me out.

Thank you for not judging.

6: Because I just don’t know what else to do at the moment.

Thank you for being a sounding board.

7: Because I’m proud of you for many reasons, big and small and in-between.

Thank you for celebrating so much with me.

8: Because you help me become self-aware, and thus, less of an asshole.

Thank you for helping me learn how to be a person.

9: Because It’s nice to know that someone else is thinking of you before you ask them to think of you.

Thank you for answering.

10: Because we can be ourselves around each other, and not have to be anything tediously more.

Thank you for being so gentle.

Okay! Talk more soon. Love you, too.”