Friendship is on my mind. In the past 20 months, I have learned a lot on the subject. It required no research. The knowledge sometimes accrued slowly in tiny bits. Other times knowledge blasted into instant meaning. I am no expert on friendship. I keep learning as I make new friendships and consider my lost ones and the mistakes I made that led to those losses.<\/p>\n
What’s on my mind about friendship:<\/p>\n
If you lost a friend, was the friend ready to be lost?<\/p>\n
I like building driftwood forts with friends.<\/p>\n
At one point do you give up on a friendship?<\/p>\n
Can an old basketball court with a chain net on a rusty rim be your friend?<\/p>\n
Should friends be cryptic with one another?<\/p>\n
Why did it take me so long to need real friends?<\/p>\n
Can a true friend have an agenda with you?<\/p>\n
Is it okay to have friends you disclose certain things but not disclose these things to other friends?<\/p>\n
My dad always taught me: you make friends where you are<\/i>. I am in a new place, a new state of mind, so it stands to reason that I would make new friends, and that has happened.<\/p>\n
There is nothing so thrilling as having a lost friend return from the past and just ask: how you are doing? I’ve had that occur to me several times the last year and it brought me great joy. I have tried to do the same but have been generally rebuffed.<\/p>\n
Friends follow up with another.<\/p>\n
I never had a best friend growing up. It was my dog, books and imagination. Did I miss out?<\/p>\n
Can your partner be your best friend?<\/p>\n
Are friends with benefits a great thing or not?<\/p>\n
Do real friends repay loans?<\/p>\n
Should you borrow money from a friend?<\/p>\n
I’ve made the best friends of my life the past year, one of them while I worked one night as a custodian.<\/p>\n
I was such a terrible friend to several people I professed to care about. I’m trying to make amends.<\/p>\n
Is having a dog or cat as your best friend the same as having a best human friend? Do all humans need human friends?<\/p>\n
What is the equation for a good friendship?<\/p>\n
Disagreements between friends can sometimes strengthen the friendship.<\/p>\n
Can music be your friend?<\/p>\n
Do therapists have friends?<\/p>\n
Can rain be your friend?<\/p>\n
What is the bet way to communicate with a friend? I am finding email to be the worst way.<\/p>\n
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