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The Friendship Book: The Art of Making and Keeping Friends

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I grew up in an asocial household where my parents didn't have any friends. Here I am, 30, wanting to figure out how to make friends, and not remain in codependent relationship or isolation patterns. This book did a great job explaining why friendships are important to our well-being. Unfortunately, there was definitely room for the clueless (like myself) on how to actually MAKE friends. How do you strike conversation with strangers? How do you turn them into acquaintances? At what point of seeing a person often enough is it appropriate to suggest a private activity? When does an acquaintance turn into a friendship? How do you treat the other person so they are more likely to like you? How do I slowly make friends and keep things there without rushing into a romance with anyone? When and how can I bring a friendship up a notch into a best friendship? Etc. It could have been better.

There was once a man who traveled to places where he felt people misunderstood him. He went there to show them that he was after all a human being like everybody else. The suspicion that leads to anger and hatred should stop on all sides so everybody can live together in peace. The physical borders that separate one state from another should under no circumstance divide people so that they can live together as one.