Friendship Page

The Friendship Page was a very interesting site that I didn’t know existed. It seems to be a very useful place to go in order to get advice about challenges within friendships. The issues raised in the forum reflect all of the challenges to friendship discussed in this chapter. There are posts about how to keep in contact with a friend that is moving, as well as people asking about how to reconnect with a friend who has personally changed into a completely new person. There are also posts about friends who have competing demands, where one friend has gotten a new boyfriend and focuses all of her attention on him while her best friend is upset that she never hangs out anymore. I didn’t read any in regards to diverse communication styles, but there was one about sexual attraction. A man developed feelings for his coworker, while both of them were married, which really confused him. The difference between the book and the forum, however, is that while the book states the problems and examples, the forums involve real life situations which can be much more complicated and sticky than the book could ever describe. The forum is also great because of the opportunity for discussion and interaction, as well as personable help with a specific problem rather than just reading a “most likely” solution in a book.