Friendship is a relationship between people based on trust, affection and common interests. Sometimes you can hear the opinion that female friendship is a myth. This is not the case, although male friendships are very different from female friends.
Support and participation
Both male and female friendships involve support and participation. But if in the life of a strong half of humanity, emotions play a secondary role and men more often support each other with some actions, then women are more inclined to emotional participation. A man will help a friend with money, bring something or repair something. A woman will listen to her friend, sympathize with her, advise something. Thus, male friendship can be compared with a strong family union, and female friendship with psychological help.
Cooperation and rivalry
The spirit of cooperation in male friendships is more pronounced than rivalry. Men work side by side with their best friends to solve a problem, for example, repair a car, and if they compete, it is usually sports or playful in nature. In female friendship, cooperation is poorly expressed - at best, friends go shopping together. But the rivalry between girlfriends in blood from kindergarten - they always zealously make sure that their bow is more magnificent and the doll is more expensive. In adulthood, girlfriends compare children's successes, husbands' salaries, and much more.
The longevity of friendship
Male friendships are usually long lasting. "We are together since kindergarten" - this is often heard from bosom friends. Women's relationships are more dependent on the situation, the presence of common topics for communication. For example, very often girls begin to make friends with colleagues and fellow travelers, entrusting them with the most intimate secrets. But when the job or route changes, communication can very quickly cease, unless, of course, additional points of contact are found. But, despite the fragility of friendly relations, a woman has new friends throughout her life, while a man has fewer and fewer friends over the years.
Constant rivalry and other features of female relationships do not mean at all that girlfriends cannot remain close people for many years. A real friend will always sincerely share both grief and joy, but only if the friend does not threaten her personal and family happiness. Taking a man away from a friend, in the opinion of women, is the greatest sin.
The key to strong friendship between men and women
The basic rule of friendship: you can't take more from a relationship than you give. If you want a friend or girlfriend to be ready to help, listen and sympathize at any time, be always open and available to them. Build friendships on trust, respect, sensitivity, mutual assistance, common interests. And then there will always be an understanding close friend by your side!
