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continuing to read this book reminds me to celebrate differences that exist in us as human beings; women, as this book tries to describe, exist as beings who have deep, deep emotions as it relates to friendships. I treasure each one of my surviving friends as I grow; and while I celebrate the simplicity that male friendships afford, I feel grateful to have my female friends (and trans and queers included) as well.

there's a lot of real, tangible solutions in this book that i'm taking note of. trusting your gut is one; getting to the root of a problem & not being sidetracked with past grievances or issues; not being accusatory. a solution that many of the friendship-enders have come to is writing a letter; from experience, this usually doesn't work as well as having a phone call or face to face talk. more later.

books as therapy, lol

Yellow- relatable
Red- thought provoking/self reflection (with exception of pg 93)
Green- potential sources to read

HOW CAN ANYONE GROW OR MOVE IF WE DINT ACKNOWLEDGE THE SITUATION AND ADDRESS IT WITH ONE ANOTHER?!

Scientific evidence that friendships are important to women

Maybe the general idea is that if something is never acknowledged, it can’t be criticized or judged and the hope is that it will disappear entirely.

I don’t feel like Emily was truthful in why the friendship ended.

This probably won’t end up on my Read pile because it was catalogued with a subject heading that sounded religious, but I’m taking a peek to see if this can cure past traumas 😂😂 the library is cheaper than therapy 😜