Friendship is such an endangered species nowadays, you know? I'm thinking of ditching my Facebook account altogether and seeing who will bother actually contacting me the old-fashioned way. I love that you actually went to dinner with a friend of yours. I've been trying to have dinner with some friends for literally 3 months now — twice, they've "forgotten" at the last minute. I'm a very, very forgiving person, but I'm also easily disappointed. Friendships are such fragile things, and yet somehow we think we can maintain them through generic Facebook updates that targets everyone in your Friends list.

No, you don't need backup to prove it, although to be quite honest, I think that divorce in many ways is more stressful, if only because it can often involve such lengthy arguments over everything from children to china. At least with the end of a friendship it often simply just ends.

Salut,
Marjorie

This is a timely post for a lot of people, it would seem. I just read last week that the loss of a close adult friendship could be as stressful as divorce. I told this to a friend at dinner & she said, "I believe it." I do, too. Especially if it's a weird disappearing act or a strange episode that cannot be resolved/explained successfully (I'm thinking of your What Would Charlotte Do? post).

I'm looking for that article that cites the research, though I don't need to have backup to "prove" it.

tt4n

Susan

PS: Can't help it. The comment verification is 'quest' …love it.