"Friendship is a slippery thing, constantly taking new shapes as you each graduate, move, enter new relationships, and have kids. We rarely pause to appreciate the current moment before it morphs into something else. There are plenty of opportunities to toast to your inner circle (birthdays, bachelorette parties, weddings), but few occasions to honor the relationships themselves. In the absence of a widespread tradition, it's time to create one: the platonic babymoon."
"Huddled under an umbrella, we stopped to enjoy the view: snow-capped mountains and tiny islands topped by colorful historic villages. I was about to turn back when she held up her phone and said, "Wait! Stand there." I burst out laughing because I knew exactly what she was thinking. Eleven years ago to the very day, on another rainy beach in Italy, she snapped a pitiful photo of me frowning under a crumpled umbrella."
A traveler recreates a rainy photo with a close friend in Stresa, Italy, marking a poignant moment because the friend is seven months pregnant. The term 'babymoon' originated in 1996 to describe early bonding with newborns and now commonly means a couple's final trip before an infant's arrival. Romantic relationships often receive pre-parenthood attention, but friendships also transform through graduations, moves, new partners, and children. Friendships rarely receive intentional rites of passage. The idea of a platonic babymoon proposes a deliberate trip to honor and strengthen friendships before major life changes, creating purposeful memories together.
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