Five years ago, I wouldn't have thought it possible to 'grow out of' people. It was a term applied to clothes, shoes and bicycles, but not to people. I mean, people grow right along with you, right? Maybe not in the exact same way, but they do grow and so you can't outgrow them. Turns out just being fond of someone isn't enough anymore. What do you do when you suddenly realise, mid-sip, that you're all sitting around staring at the table and at the TV up in the corner of the room, but have utterly nothing left to say to each other? What does Miss Manners say about a situation like that? Do you politely walk out and not so politely avoid them? Or do you just cheerily try to start up some sort of conversation again and ignore the whole situation?