Friendship

I have been thinking about the subject of friendship for a while now. I think the subject came up in my mind about the time I saw Sex and the City (the movie) and was talking with someone about why that movie is so popular & why we love it so much. Today I watched The Sisterhood of Traveling pants 2. I never cry watching movies, or shall I say very seldom do I, but today I did. I know it sounds lame to cry during a movie such as that (don't call me sappy, I am not!) but parts of it touched me. I got up from watching the movie & was just moved by the friendships the girls portrayed in it had. I think for me there is a certain longing that comes up when watching such movies as I long for a group to be a part of like in the movie.... where if there is sadness I can go to them, decision making help needed, joyous times to share with them. I had a group that was very similar once & while the four of us our still friends, life has changed & the closeness & contact with eachother is not there. Then I had a close friend that I did everything with for about a year & some of the elements came back again of having a group of friends like that. I may be rambling, but I think so much of why girls love movies & shows such as the two mentioned, Lipstick Jungle, The City, The Hills, etc. is for the closeness of friendships portrayed. The knowledge that someone going through the same things is there and just a phone call away. Someone that you can share it all with, without worry of judgement but knowing that they will give you sound advice. The day to day life they share with eachother, the separate lives they have but that they talk about weekly over coffee. In The Hills there have been rifts in close friendships, in my life as well there have been rifts. But even though the rifts happen, in the show they eventually try to move past them.... something that I also try to do in my life.

I think though in part why all these shows are so popular is because it portrays things we are longing for in our lives. Close friends. All of this to say, hold on to the friendships that you make! Try to mend differences, hurt feelings & move closer together. Friends are an integeral part of our lives. Try to open up & let close friendship develop, even if like me you have been burned by them in the past. Maybe once again we can find the close friendships we've been missing.