[from a discussion about girls "communicating" and boys "talking"]
Whenever I have a problem, it is usually resolved in hours, if not minutes. I can't hold a grudge, so I seldom have anything that I need to get off my chest. Of course, if I ever do need to talk about anything, my friends are always ready to listen and speculate, which is just what I try to do for them. You can't ask for much more than a good friend who is willing to listen. I guess the really important thing is not how much you talk, but how well someone is listening when you talk.
-- Jared. Journal. 1996.
Whenever I have a problem, it is usually resolved in hours, if not minutes. I can't hold a grudge, so I seldom have anything that I need to get off my chest. Of course, if I ever do need to talk about anything, my friends are always ready to listen and speculate, which is just what I try to do for them. You can't ask for much more than a good friend who is willing to listen. I guess the really important thing is not how much you talk, but how well someone is listening when you talk.
-- Jared. Journal. 1996.
Amity Friends 1997