Amy's most stable relationships are all from Peoria.
The Meowww Group
The "Meowww" group chat has five members: Amy, Kristine, Taylor Wen, Jessie Li, and Elena (a Dunlap HS classmate who builds missiles, NOT Elena Wagenmans). All 309 area codes. They use cat-themed subgroup names: ":3", ">_<", "yisaw."
They have been messaging since at least 2021. The message volumes are consistent year over year. No spikes, no crashes, no drama. Compare this to the Stanford friendships (Alyssa: 5,731→156 over two years) or professional relationships (Elena Wagenmans: 11,038→11 across one year). The Meowww group just continues.
What They Talk About
Kane's sauce composition. Pottery. DJing. Wedding photos. Moving to California. Graduating from PA school. Building missiles in Arkansas. Boyfriend drama. Poop. Teddy.
The conversations are aggressively normal. No fundraising, no equity, no comparison spirals. When Amy told the group she was leaving her startup, Taylor asked "elena?" — they know about that world, but they don't live in it.
Why It Matters
Every other social group in Amy's life is organized around shared context: Stanford, Apple, startups, SF tech. The Meowww group has no shared context except growing up in the same small city and going to the same high school.
This is the group Amy talks to when she's at her most unguarded. No performance, no networking, no hot takes about manufacturing. Just five women who were friends as teenagers and never stopped.
When the Peoria house sells and Kristine's family moves to California, one of the last physical anchors to that era will be gone. But the group chat will keep going. It always does.
The Scattering
As of 2026, the Meowww members are scattering: Amy in SF, Kristine in Spain (then California), Taylor and Jessie near Chicago, Elena in defense work, Jessie about to move to Arlington, VA. They're planning a September 2026 international trip together, possibly to Cartagena, Colombia. The trip is an attempt to stay connected as geography pulls them apart.