Honestly? Having to clean a sticker off your car for 30 minutes is a much more fitting punishment than an expensive fine. It also punishes equally instead of fines which tend to punish or criminalize the poor disproportionately compared to higher classes.
I reconnect with people easily even after years of not talking because no friendship of mine is truly severed unless otherwise stated and there will always be a place in my life for everyone I once met
Stop getting so emotionally attached and enjoy experiences with a person. Be friends. be a moment in time. Be a memory. You don't have to fall madly in love with everyone who comes your way. Just enjoy their presence for your moment together.
I’m sorry but if you want to stay at my apartment for your NYC trip you need to buy me dinner or at least a $20 bottle of wine. Just something that shows you give a shit man. It’s surprising how no one does this