Best Friends Forever

A best friend may need to tell you things that sound negative, or that you don’t want to hear

There are times when it is more or less difficult for even very sociable women to sustain their close friendships

It is often more viable to patch together a few different satisfying friendships to substitute for the perfect best friend.

However, friendships characterized by exclusivity and jealousy are more likely to be pathological ones. It is more realistic to think about having simultaneous or sequential best friendships, each one special and meaningful in its own way.

Reality Most friendships don’t last forever, even the best of them. Rather, the large majority of friendships tend to be fragile and impermanent relationships over a season of our lives