As adults, we do not necessarily have the same amount of common ground. In addition to sharing interests or agreeing upon a preference, having an emotional connection and mutual understanding has become more important than ever before. When forming a friendship, we tend to look for compatibility with one another based on how individuals feel in terms of security and comfort level rather than their hobbies or pastimes. This transformation is indicative of growth; it’s an outright recognition that there has been a major shift in our capacity to identify and comprehend the many possible emotions. The emotions we experience are in constant flux as we mature and gain new experiences. With age and experience, our emotional experiences have become increasingly complicated, i.e., (e.g., feeling disappointed vs. feeling angry), from simply being “happy” to “sad”, our emotional experiences have taken on multiple nuances. This capacity to differentiate the subtleties of individual experiences is called emotional granularity…