Somewhere inbetween. I had a friend who was a cook and I didn't know shit about cooking. He would come over, then we would go to the supermarket and smell the different produce, and look at the meats and come up with something to cook. We would buy it, go back and chef it up. Learned a whole lot about cooking and flavor profiles etc. Some of the best times I've ever had.

I'm a groomsman in his wedding in November. For the bachelor party we are renting a cabin with some people. We are going to dream up a menu, go shopping, and chef it up again. I can't wait.

A great idea, killed by coordination overhead.

I love this type of bonding with friends and used to do it a lot. The problem is you have to live or be kinda close by, but I guess that is true for any less formal meetup. I guess the furthest away you are the more "a thing" the meetup must be and the duration longer.

In any case I love do errands with friends and even go help out with something. Even though I don't have time and energy for my stuff I feel like energy for hanging out with friends doing errands como from a different bucket.

I do feel bad for making people paying hundreds to come visit, not to eat at least some local restaurants.

But for more frequent hangouts it would be nice to hangout informally.

Let's create a community for that. An app like Tinder, but instead of Netflix and chill, there's just socializing and having a good time.

"Friends without benefits"

Dine on the free samples at Costco and you can skip the tacos

Can we just normalize 'come lay down somewhere and relax?' That would be great. Thanks.

No chairs. No standing. Nothing weird. Just lay there and chill together. That is a social life I can participate in.

Only one of those is an errand though.

I feel like doing stuff like that would make our bond stronger instead of only sitting in a coffee bar or a restaurant.

Ngl those are the catch-ups I enjoy most.

running errands with a friend truly is the best way.

oh yeah spend 250 dollars instead of 85

With something clear-ish to focus on I will not only more easily plan my day & be there, but also be able to enjoy the time together, even retain more memories.

I wish I had the time to get all my own errands done, let alone helping a friend with theirs.

Maybe it's just me, but I need shit in my calendar at least a couple of weeks prior if I'm gonna be able to make it, and the only kinds of chores people really plan that far ahead is going to be moving stuff (which I funnily do actually end up doing a lot with friends)

100% let's just put a meal in the calendar, doesn't have to be expensive and I'll actually be able to focus on the conversation rather than some task.