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Friendship lessons from Grey's Anatomy (and why friendships are our greatest romances!)

Friendship lessons from Grey's Anatomy (and why friendships are our greatest romances!)

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Nicola Slawson
Feb 14, 2021
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Friendship lessons from Grey's Anatomy (and why friendships are our greatest romances!)
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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone or Galentine’s or even Palentine’s if you prefer. I know lots of people hate this day while others embrace it. Personally I have no strong feelings either way – and I’ve felt like that for a long time and even in relationships. I’ve had some lovely Valentine’s Days when coupled up and when single. But two that really stick out in my mind are ones that involve spending quality time with amazing friends.

Ten years ago today, I was living in South Korea and it snowed heavily. A group of us were told we didn’t have to work and given how little annual leave we got (we only got 10 days in total for a whole year!), it was thrilling. I was honestly giddy to have a snow day. I felt like a kid. We then built snow men and had snow fights and then found a cosy spot to warm up and refuel. Then later on we went out and got nice and merry. It was The Greatest Day especially as I spent approximately 80% of the day laughing my head off. Last year was also a really good on…

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