Pete Wright

That's what you're saying yes to when you're saying I'm a host is the gift of your presence in my space so that we can make some new memories together, conversational memories, watch movies, whatever.

And if that thing is a hotel down the street, go for it.

Okay.

And I promise I will go through every cabinet.

An excerpt from On Friendship by Khalil Gibran.

Friendships are hard.

You deserve more good ones.

All right, Tom.

It's time to talk about friendship.

So you just walked us through the minefield, I think, of being a good guest or host.

The anxiety that comes from guests choosing the right wine to bring, whether it's a dinner party or you're staying for five weeks.

Like that real dope Hans Christian Andersen.

And I just want to sort of pick up where that energy lands because I think before you can be a good guest, you still have to be invited.

And that's kind of where I live, right, in that gap between having friends and maintaining them.

Okay.

Interesting.

Because making a friend, weirdly, is the thing that I can do.

I can certainly be charming for an evening.

It's a sprint.

If it's a sprint, not a marathon, I'm in really great shape.