| Alan McGinnis, pastor and counselor, points out that
friendship is the basis of every intimate relationship. People with no friends normally
have a diminished capacity for sustaining any kind of love because friendship is the model
for all intimate encounters. Women have more friends than men because men have been conditioned to avoid the openness and vulnerability of a friendship. Consequently, this behavior stunts their ability to have any close relationship, even with women. For the most part, men's friendships revolve around activities (an occasional tennis partner) while women's revolve around closeness. Even an introverted, shy person can have close friends. Friendship has nothing to do with being an introvert or an extrovert. It has everything to do with realizing that love is something you do! |
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