Welcome back to advice session. A series here on Anything Goes, where you send in your current

dilemmas or anything that you want advice on. And I give you my unprofessional advice.

And today's topic is actually a topic that we've touched on before. And that would be the topic

of friendship, but more specifically, conflict in friendship, challenge in friendship,

frustration in friendship, which is unfortunately inevitable. Because anytime you put two people

together for an extended period of time, eventually frustration will form. It is inevitable.

But that doesn't mean it doesn't suck.

Because the whole point of friendship is to have fun together, right? Like that's how we choose our friends. Our friends are the people in this world that we have the most fun with. So when

there's conflict, it's like, wait, what's going on? Isn't the whole point of this relationship

to have fun together? Like what's going on? For the most part, that's like, wait, what's going on? Isn't the whole point of this relationship to have fun

together? Like, what's going on? For the most part, that's true. But in my opinion, it's impossible

for friendships to evolve without a bit of conflict, friction, challenge. You know, a lot of conflict

in friendship leads to a deeper friendship.

Like, when I reflect on friendships in my life, the friendships that lacked conflict also lacked

depth. That's not to say that they weren't valuable friendships, but the depth of those friendships

pales in comparison to friendships I've experienced that do have a bit of conflict.

Overcoming a challenge with another person grows a deeper bond, I think.

Actually, I think that that's a fact. I don't think that's an opinion.

Like, I think that that's just true. Like, I think there's probably science to that.

Should I Google it? Maybe. I'll Google it. I was correct. Fighting. Oh, wait, I was not correct.

Hold on. This is the AI overview from Google.

While fights themselves don't inherently lead to stronger bonds, resolving conflicts constructively can actually deepen relationships by fostering understanding and trust. Exactly. Exactly.

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