What ever happened to deep relationships? It feels like these days people get by on so many "on-the-surface" friendships, and being able to talk about more meaningful and stimulating things is not necessary anymore. Maybe it has nothing to do with the way things are today... and maybe it's because after being in a deep relationship for so long, it seems like no other relationships (with friends and such) could possibly compare. Perhaps I shouldn't expect so much from people, but I do think it's important for everyone to have someone to be completely open and deep with. I always wonder about certain groups of friends...you'll see them joke around a bunch, talk shit to each other, bitch about things, but it never seems like they get truly close or intellectual with each other. In a way, I can see how relationships like that survive. No one needs all their relationships to be super deep and involving, so sometimes you just need people to shoot the shit with.

So I guess I answered my own question. You have your on-the-surface friends to take care of all your small talk, and you save the deep stuff for the one(s) you want to share a closer relationship with.