Anna-- you're so right about the "about" issues in the "medium" friendships and your book tackles this so well. And I could not agree more that this really isn't a problem unless one party really wants more out of the friendship. And IF that's the case, then that person needs to make a move of some kind. I love your suggestions here.
Helpful clear descriptions: Reciprocity is the foundation of every friendship: mutual sharing and caring in a context of trust. The tension embedded in medium friendship is this absence of clarity.
With a lover, partner or a very close friend, you may negotiate imbalances, hash out wounds or betrayals. But somehow such conversations feel impossible in the medium realm.
Anna-- you're so right about the "about" issues in the "medium" friendships and your book tackles this so well. And I could not agree more that this really isn't a problem unless one party really wants more out of the friendship. And IF that's the case, then that person needs to make a move of some kind. I love your suggestions here.
Helpful clear descriptions: Reciprocity is the foundation of every friendship: mutual sharing and caring in a context of trust. The tension embedded in medium friendship is this absence of clarity.
With a lover, partner or a very close friend, you may negotiate imbalances, hash out wounds or betrayals. But somehow such conversations feel impossible in the medium realm.
Thank you, Anna.