Friendship Page Question 1

The information in the forum in relation to the friendship advice forum are very similar in context and both very helpful and directional. The book discusses personal changes and how we as individuals change over time as do our own lives. We need to adapt to this change in the right way instead of seeing it as a negative. There are several reasons people may change and evolve over their lifespan whether it be to a new relationship, career, job, or family, everyone adapts and sees these changes differently. In my own experience, I was single and had a friendship for 5 years with a friend of mine that never gave me any problems. We were great friends and did a lot of things together and had a lot of the same interests. She confided in me as did I, and whether it was about school, work, life or boys, any department we engaged in was delightful. Once I invested my time into a new relationship she began to take it upon herself and say I was not giving her the friendship she wanted and pretty much stopped talking to me. I was confused but most of all saddened by this change. Relating this to one of the advice forums, it talked about how “Best friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. False friends are like leaves, found everywhere.” Whether she was a diamond or a leaf, she could have at least tried to communicate with me about the issue instead of just being stubborn.