You were a good listener to your woman friend, which makes you a good friend. Relationships have become much more complex because so many people who for centuries had "known their place," have now announced that they don't want to e in that place any more. Probably the biggest changes, because there are so many of us, has been the balance in the relationship between men and women. This really is upsetting to those who have been expecting to benefit from the centuries of patriarchy, and now are being told it doesn't work that way any more. Also, the patriarchy likes to send their sons to war. Those who survive expect to take over the system.
You were a good listener to your woman friend, which makes you a good friend. Relationships have become much more complex because so many people who for centuries had "known their place," have now announced that they don't want to e in that place any more. Probably the biggest changes, because there are so many of us, has been the balance in the relationship between men and women. This really is upsetting to those who have been expecting to benefit from the centuries of patriarchy, and now are being told it doesn't work that way any more. Also, the patriarchy likes to send their sons to war. Those who survive expect to take over the system.