Be grateful for the friends who never make you explain yourself.

Some friendships require constant translation and a few require none at all. Being with somebody who takes you as you are frees up the energy normally spent explaining, which is why those hours leave you lighter than they found you. That ease is rare and easy to miss, because it never asks for attention. It usually gets noticed only once it is gone.

Name the person who feels like that and say something plain about it this week. Then guard the time you spend with them the way you would guard anything scarce.