A tweet and an image of text by @cindyWangeBranndt It says "This is very normalized in my culture. The first time I asked an American friend to errand hang with me, she was so shocked I felt like I did something wrong. That's when I learned in american culture, expecting company for mundane reasons is considered not independent enough. The attached image says "Can we take a moment to talk about the sweetness of the errand friend hang?" The errand hang - where you hit your homie up to accompany you while you tend to the tasks that come with adulting - the grocery run, getting a pair of pants tailored, helping you pick a new bedframe, etc. The errand hang dismisses the usual setting of a bar or a lunch, It waves off the expected script of "give me the summarized updates of your life then I'll give you the sum of mine" Instead the errand hang dances in the sweet vulnerability that comes from the everyday. The errand hang sings "Ok I'm a human and you're a human and we're going to take an intimate walk through this seemingly ordinary part of my life, but if you look closely this moment will reveal something delightfully specific and illuminating to what makes me - me, and I want to share that with you because quite frankly - I just like your company, and even in the silence (sometimes especially the silence) it makes me feel somewhere between warmer and content to have you beside me