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Article: Dear Abby: ; Close female friendships start with reaching out
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 23, 2008
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DEAR ABBY: I would like to tell "Friend-Challenged in Glendale,
Calif." (Aug. 2) that I have been in her shoes. She needs to make
her desire for friendship known to others.
For years I had a pleasant life as a wife, mother and teacher
with many colleagues and acquaintances through church and other
interest groups. But inside I was desperately lonely for female
friendship. No one ever truly "connected" beyond the surface level.
One afternoon I was walking with a colleague and she asked,
philosophically, "What do you really need in your life?" I burst
into tears and answered, "I need a friend!" We hugged and cried
together, and from that moment on, our deeper heartfelt relationship
began and ...