Chapter 19 Post 1

When I was going through chapter 19 I noticed a section on Friendship. Friendship is important for every stage of development. The male-female friendships was interesting for me to read because I have a lot of male friends. They are important in my life. Romance can sometimes occur with this type of friendship but it is highly unlikely. They are less common for people at the extremes of gender identity. Sometimes problems can arise when people start assuming that every male- female relationship is sexual. When a female is in a relationship with a male, to avoid partner jealousy the female won't have a friendship with another male. My senior year I saw this first hand and dealt with it. I was in a class of 9 girls and the rest were guys well you had to make friends so most of my friends ended up being guys. The guy I was seeing at the time got jealous but he was also in college making a bunch of new friends in general. We both got so wrapped up in our jealousy that we forgot about our relationship then ended up breaking up. We stayed friends but once I got a new boyfriend he called me a whole bunch of names. Every once and a while we will talk now but I can no longer trust him. Sometimes male-female friendships are difficult to maintain when you are in a serious relationship or maybe sometimes it can end up working to your benefit.