I think one of the true tests of a friendship is the ability to fully share your sorrows. It is easy to be friends when everything is going well, but a true friend is the one who comes to your father's funeral or shows up with a bottle of Jack when you are having a miscarriage.cristinaro wrote: ↑26 Feb 2018, 05:36 Call me a cynical, but I have serious doubts about the existence of friendship as a relationship based on both giving and receiving. In books such as this one, friends are portrayed as a wonderful asset with whom you share both your joys and sorrows. In real life, you seem to share more of our joys than of your sorrows. I've seen the book is quoted as a possible instrument for women empowerment in a society which still clings on a patriarchal view of the world. It's refreshing to see some people have not lost hope in a better world. After a few waves of feminism and reading about and travelling to Middle Eastern countries, I have my personal reservations. To end optimistically, let's say there is still hope as long as there are books like this one advocating the importance of friendship and of mutual respect between women.
What can readers learn about friendship through this book?
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Some of my closest friends are my fitness friends. We compete with each other and against each other. Fitness is part of who we are as individuals, it's part of our identity so it becomes easy to relate with one another and drive one another. It's the same way with the characters in the book. That common interest, that part of who we are, can help foster friendships when life gets tougher (and we get older).
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Its always easier to stay in touch with your friends when things are going well, sharing pain can be difficult and may feel embassing. Sometimes we withdraw to protect the self when things go wrong but this is when we most need our friends; friends like the Reel Sisters.
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Its always easier to stay in touch with your friends when things are going well, sharing pain can be difficult and may feel embassing. Sometimes we withdraw to protect the self when things go wrong but this is when we most need our friends; friends like the Reel Sisters.
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You're perfectly right. I wish I had more friends like these.CommMayo wrote: ↑26 Feb 2018, 10:29I think one of the true tests of a friendship is the ability to fully share your sorrows. It is easy to be friends when everything is going well, but a true friend is the one who comes to your father's funeral or shows up with a bottle of Jack when you are having a miscarriage.cristinaro wrote: ↑26 Feb 2018, 05:36 Call me a cynical, but I have serious doubts about the existence of friendship as a relationship based on both giving and receiving. In books such as this one, friends are portrayed as a wonderful asset with whom you share both your joys and sorrows. In real life, you seem to share more of our joys than of your sorrows. I've seen the book is quoted as a possible instrument for women empowerment in a society which still clings on a patriarchal view of the world. It's refreshing to see some people have not lost hope in a better world. After a few waves of feminism and reading about and travelling to Middle Eastern countries, I have my personal reservations. To end optimistically, let's say there is still hope as long as there are books like this one advocating the importance of friendship and of mutual respect between women.
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I like this answer. I recently experienced in getting out of a friendship because it became too toxic because we were not on the same page anymore. Sadly, we never found our own "fly fishing". Still, this book made me realize that we should put effort for the people we love.babathoust wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 09:12 We don't have to feel like we are obligated to be friends with others. Sometimes friendships get toxic because we cannot always be on the same page as humans. If a group of persons term themselves as friends, it is best to have a different common activity that makes them have to recollect again and share their love for, in this case fly fishing, and by the end of the day all the differences may be tackled beyond human weaknesses.
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True, even besides a "fly fishing" some effort must be put to save friendships meant to last long.briellejee wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 09:17I like this answer. I recently experienced in getting out of a friendship because it became too toxic because we were not on the same page anymore. Sadly, we never found our own "fly fishing". Still, this book made me realize that we should put effort for the people we love.babathoust wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 09:12 We don't have to feel like we are obligated to be friends with others. Sometimes friendships get toxic because we cannot always be on the same page as humans. If a group of persons term themselves as friends, it is best to have a different common activity that makes them have to recollect again and share their love for, in this case fly fishing, and by the end of the day all the differences may be tackled beyond human weaknesses.
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