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Martin and Julia explore the step from polite conversation to a closer connection. Practise a specific question, a follow-up that shows you remembered, and a small piece of honest self-disclosure. Juan and Priya’s story continues in Wolverhampton. Research is discussed as evidence about a structured experiment, not a guarantee of friendship. Sentence of the day: Somebody has to go first. It might as well be you.
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Research: Aron et al. (1997), The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness — https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167297234003
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