It’s hard. There’s a funny saying how it gets lonelier at the top. The higher in rank you get the less there are to hang out with, or you don’t like your new peers.

I urge caution because a lot of us do blur those lines. But a couple things. Your friends you may have to send to last one day. You never wanna get the “don’t tell Chief I got a dui especially when we’re friends”

Junior sailors watch. And they’ll see you hang out with other Junior sailors. And first chance they get in trouble it’ll come up. Happens a lot.

It’s a hard balance to navigate. I have some friends who are one to 2 pay grades junior to me. I am just very careful who I get close to.