We have been in the LS for more than two decades, and we are drifting further on the aging scale with a combined age of >130 years (!). An unexpected benefit has been the development of durable friendships with a handful of couples that we have met through the LS--couples we look forward to seeing, to sharing experiences, and so on. Such durable friendships are unusual, at least for us, and it is a bit startling to realize that we have at least as many such durable friendships from our LS experiences as from our vanilla lives.
As a matter of curiosity, what has been the experience of others who are aging in the LS? Have you also developed such durable friendships over the years? If so, what are the things you value most in those friends?