I chose to do my interview on middle adulthood because I wanted to get a better understanding of the sort of changes my mom acquired or went through in her middle adulthood, so in the future when I’m her age, I can be prepared for what is to come …show more content…
“What my opinion about friendship is that it is true women are drawn into the emotional state they might be or how i am doing. Whereas men are more draw to talk about sports and talking about if they seen the soccer game and seen how much they lost and all this stuff, and also to talk about how much one 's making and how their work is going. Whereas a women is more worried about how their personal life is going.” Friendships provide affection, companionship, understanding, and social support and therefore contribute to well-being. Friends can also affect the status, power, wealth, attitudes, behaviors, and values of middle-aged people. As their responsibilities decline they start having more time with friends. In addition to these consequences for individuals, midlife friendship patterns can affect society, such as by reinforcing the class structure and upholding the institution of marriage. Friendship is an important type of human relationship during middle adulthood. There was similarities in what Berk (2014) mentions in the textbook, consuelo now has more time to socialize with friends through social media, and in