You guys can afford to go to a cafe on a regular basis?
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You guys have friends?
When I was a teen our spot was Dunkin’ Donuts after school - we befriended another group - of retirees. As an adult it became a bar.
Not really. Good coffee shops and pubs are always full. So most of the time we just settle for the place which have free seats that day.
Did sex in the city use the same cafe all the time? I missed that I guess.
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Fridays, after 1700hrs, typically at least 4 people, many times 6 and occasionally as much as 12-14.
Hanging @ local brewpub that was our old Fire House. Most all of us have been good friends between 45-55 years. I'm grateful to have my "crew".
When more of my friends lived a walkable distance from me it was more the pub round the corner a few times a week. Now people have dispersed a bit, things need to be a bit more scheduled and so we're less likely to fall into a default place
Coffee shops sadly don't tend to be open late so they're not really gonna work as the default place to casually meet mates for anyone in a 9-5 job IMO.
I miss my 24-7 coffee shop! I got to know so many people and still have some great friends from hanging around in the mid aughts to teens. Since COVID the trend seems to be closing earlier. I'm not into it.
I’m a hardcore introvert. I don’t have the energy to maintain friendships like this.
Do you know how much a fucking CHEF works?!!! Wtf, Monica wouldn't have time to spent all day in a coffe shop
Not anymore but a bit younger, sure. There was one bar and food spot that you would always run into a few people you knew. Your closer friends more often, but all the regulars grew to know each other. Was great fun
I had when I was young. Good times.
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I used to hang out in the same park.
In high school in the '90s we were pretty close. It was a handful of places but not that many, basically anywhere we could get away with sitting for hours nursing a coffee or iced tea. If they had pinball, big bonus. Maybe not every day, but certainly many days in the week.
If I'm hanging out with more than 1 person at a time we better be playing D&D. Otherwise I'm probably just there out of obligation.
My aunt did this in the late 80s and early 90s.
She used to visit the one local burger franchise so much that all the staff knew her and she basically had her own reserved booth. Her husband, 2 kids and her would be there most days a week.
They lived across the country from us, but whenever we stayed with them, we were also at the burger place almost daily.
I think Luke's was the only diner in Star's Hollow.
I remember my parents went to one once or twice a week in the nineties for a while.
We lived in a tiny town; I'm pretty sure it was the only cafe there.