Terrific stuff. It's quite an amazing thing to say but at this stage of my life I am enjoying close male friendships more than ever. And I spent my life working jobs and playing sports that were all team-based! I've even reunited with my old band mates from the 70s - we play music, drink good wine and share the most precious things together - the struggles we've faced, the successes we've had, the dreams we still dream. Thanks Dave.
Another great read, Dave, and I've cheekily used Phil Knox's You Tube video on my FB feed. It's so interesting how you talk about male friendships, as when we were staying in USA with our son Pete and Dee, we watched the Wrexham series. I struggled with a lot of it, as I'm not a footie fan, and didn't like the constant swearing, but we chatted about the relationship between Ryan and Rob, and about male friendships, both Dee and I noticing that we have far more close friends than Pete and Andy, despite being in church all our lives.
We discovered that we tend to have more friendships now, after lockdown, or maybe we have some deeper friendships because of what we all went through. I've got close friends from schooldays (one in particular) and two others lasting over 20 years, where we meet up for a Rio Reunion (because the start of our close connection was their trip to see us in Rio in 2004) Friendships on so many levels, and I love that you can just 'pick up' with a Christian friend, even if you haven't seen them for years - it's the Holy Spirit connection!
Terrific stuff. It's quite an amazing thing to say but at this stage of my life I am enjoying close male friendships more than ever. And I spent my life working jobs and playing sports that were all team-based! I've even reunited with my old band mates from the 70s - we play music, drink good wine and share the most precious things together - the struggles we've faced, the successes we've had, the dreams we still dream. Thanks Dave.
THANKS Roger. I kind of want to be in that band mate conversation now! So glad you are thriving. Loved catching up with James recently.
Another great read, Dave, and I've cheekily used Phil Knox's You Tube video on my FB feed. It's so interesting how you talk about male friendships, as when we were staying in USA with our son Pete and Dee, we watched the Wrexham series. I struggled with a lot of it, as I'm not a footie fan, and didn't like the constant swearing, but we chatted about the relationship between Ryan and Rob, and about male friendships, both Dee and I noticing that we have far more close friends than Pete and Andy, despite being in church all our lives.
We discovered that we tend to have more friendships now, after lockdown, or maybe we have some deeper friendships because of what we all went through. I've got close friends from schooldays (one in particular) and two others lasting over 20 years, where we meet up for a Rio Reunion (because the start of our close connection was their trip to see us in Rio in 2004) Friendships on so many levels, and I love that you can just 'pick up' with a Christian friend, even if you haven't seen them for years - it's the Holy Spirit connection!
Some very important points on friendship you make here...
That video of Phil's is excellent isn't it?