Psychology Today | 09.06.2026 23:16
Rosa and her friend Cheryl had lunch together on the first Saturday of every month for 21 years. They had walked adjacent routes through the same San Diego neighborhoods for most of their postal service careers, retired within months of each other, and built those Saturday lunches into something that outlasted careers and even their children's school years. They always went to the same Mexican restaurant. Rosa always ordered the same thing.
