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> Thayer Prime, a 32-year-old strategy consultant who lives in London, has even developed a playful 100-point scale (100 being “best friend forever”). In her mind, she starts to dock new friend candidates as they begin to display annoying or disloyal behavior. Nine times out of 10, she said, her new friends end up from 30 to 60, or little more than an acquaintance.

This is like that terrible "The Rules" dating book. How about we treat each other as human beings and not as instrumentalities? We have instincts and biases, but we also have minds and self determination.



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