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{or|or perhaps} many women, their {female|feminine|male} friendships have been a source of comfort, support, laughter, and joy.
{For|Intended for|To get} others, they have {been|recently been} mired in betrayal, mean-spiritedness, and competition.
But {for|intended for|to get} {the majority of|almost all of} us, {they've been|they are} {a mixture|a blend|a combo} of these two {extremes|extreme conditions|two extremes},
and typically, even {before|prior to|just before} we reach the {age|age group|era} of twelve!
{But ,|However} {by|simply by|by simply} the time we reach {30 years|3 decades} of age, {the majority of|almost all of} us carry {a number|a quantity|an amount} of scars from {battling|fighting|combating} - and often {losing|dropping|shedding} to - the {tactics|techniques|strategies} (or 'rules of engagement') {that we|that people|that individuals} learned while {still|continue to|even now} making mud cakes in the sandbox.
By {adulthood|adult life}, many women hold advanced degrees in knowing {how|just how} to masterfully undercut and destroy their 'competition', {often|frequently|generally} smiling all the {while|whilst|although}.
Why are so {many|a large number of|various} friendships between women {so|therefore|thus} complex? So fraught with drama, conflict, and with pain?
Well, the {answer is|reply is|remedy is} rooted in {social|sociable|public} conditioning (i. e., 'women are the competition'), {as|mainly because|simply because} well as {within the|inside the|in the} {experience|encounter|knowledge} of the woman {herself|their self|himself} {when it comes to|with regards to|regarding} learning from her own mother how {safe|safe and sound|free from danger} relationships with women {can|can easily|can certainly} be (i. e., a mother who seriously betrays her daughter {can teach|can show} her to never fully {trust|reliability|have confidence} women).
In short, the answer is as {usually|generally} as complex as the women themselves.
During {my|my personal|my own} {years of|many years of|a lot of} being a psychotherapist, I've sat in {front|front side|entrance} of {a big|a huge|a sizable} number of female friends who've {experienced|skilled|knowledgeable} serious fractures in {their|their particular|their very own} relationship {with one another|with each other}. I've {listened|took in} to the sadness, the anger, the broken {trust|reliability|have confidence}, and {sort of} emotional {devastation|damage|hardship} that results from the way women manage {or|or perhaps}, rather, don't manage, the issues that inevitably {rise|surge|climb} between them {over the course of|throughout|during the period of} {time|period}.
Much of what {I've|I have|We have} heard from these {clients|customers|consumers} {in this regard|regarding this|on this factor}, I can {recall|remember|recollect} from {my own personal|my own} {encounters|activities|experience} 'out there', {and so I|therefore i} can {empathize|accord} with the suffering {these|these types of|these kinds of} women describe {in my|within my|inside my} {office|workplace|business office}, either in the {existence|occurrence} or absence of the friend in question.
{My|My personal|My own} goal {in these|during these} circumstances {is|is usually|is definitely} to find {the root|the main|the fundamental} of the humanness and {compassion|empathy|consideration} within each woman {that often|that} lies deep underneath the anger and hurt {feelings|emotions|thoughts}.
It already says {something|some thing|anything} that they're in {an|a great} office like mine in the first place; {despite|in spite of|inspite of} the pain that {exists|is present|is available} between them, there {still|continue to|even now} lies the hope and commitment that their {friendship was|companionship was|a friendly relationship was} {actually|formerly|at first} based {upon|after}, {and that|which|and this} makes my {job|work|task} {all the|all of the|each of the} easier because {I|We|I actually} usually have willing {participants|individuals|members} in the process of healing their fracture.
{But these|Require} women are rare; {most|virtually all} never get to a place where healing {can|can easily|can certainly} happen, and more {often|frequently|generally} than not, friendships {in|found in} crisis between women {usually|generally} die in painful {silence|quiet|stop}, or after an {angry|upset|furious} meltdown, with either {one|1|a single} or both women turning away from the {chance|opportunity|possibility} to sort through what went wrong or to take responsibility for the behavior that {led to|resulted in|generated} that particular outcome.
Why? {Because|Since|Mainly because} they were never {taught|trained|educated} {the skills|the abilities|the relevant skills} to {cope with|handle|manage} {conflict|discord|turmoil}. Why? Because women {were|had been} taught early in {their|their particular|their very own} lives {that they|that they can} shouldn't {have|have got|experience} conflict!
Unlike boys {or|or perhaps} men, who are {far|much|significantly} more direct about the conflicts they {experience with|experience of} {their|their particular|their very own} own gender, and {their|their particular|their very own} {ways of|means of|methods of} {coping with|working with} them {-|--} {not always|not at all times|not necessarily} appropriately... hitting {your|the} friend in the {face|encounter|deal with} isn't {precisely|specifically|accurately} {the best way to|the easiest method to|the simplest way to} {cope with|handle|manage} your anger... {but you|however, you|however you} {get|obtain|acquire} the point: boys and men are considerably {more|even more|additional} direct when it comes to solving the {conflicts|issues|clashes} they have with {their|their particular|their very own} friends.
Girls, however, {were|had been} taught from a very early age to 'be nice', and thus, {weren't|were not|are not} ever supposed to {find|discover|locate} themselves in places of conflict because, well, {being|becoming|getting} nice would, for the most part, {get rid of|remove|eradicate} that possibility. Or so 'they' thought.
But what {ends|ceases|draws to a close} up happening is that girls, and later {women|ladies|females}, go 'underground' with {their|their particular|their very own} {methods of|ways of|techniques of} conflict management, and engage in behaviors that usually just fuel the flames, thus creating mini-wars that become {almost impossible|extremely difficult|nearly impossible} to resolve.
Thus, the {birth of|birthday of} passive-aggression, where the person {can be|could be|may be} filthy angry and can undermine or {seriously|significantly|critically} damage their target {but|yet|nevertheless} in the {absence of|lack of|a shortage of} {any|any kind of} real evidence {that they|that they can} {did|do|performed} anything untoward.
Gossip (aka, character assassination), getting {others|other folks} 'on one's side' of the argument with {an attempt|an effort} to alienate the {other|additional|various other} person from any possible support, being outwardly kind toward {the person|the individual|anyone} but in no way betraying the hate or anger that lives below the {surface|surface area|area} (aka, not being honest), are {only a|simply a} few {ways|methods|techniques} that girls {figure out how to|discover ways to|discover how to} {cope with|handle|manage} conflict in 'nice' {ways|methods|techniques}.
And young girls {often|frequently|generally} continue these nasty {behaviors|actions|behaviours} beyond their high {school|college|institution} years and, thus, {grow|develop|increase} into {the same|a similar|precisely the same} ineffective {managers|professionals|executives} of their friendships {later|later on|afterwards} in life as {they|they will|that they} once were in {childhood|child years|years as a child} and adolescence.
