Comments on: What about my Friends http://kristingast.com/2009/11/02/what-about-my-friends/ Musings of a twenty-something Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Amy http://kristingast.com/2009/11/02/what-about-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Amy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:10:35 +0000 http://kristingast.com/?p=27#comment-26 Fantastic topic for a post. This is so true! Every few years there seems to be a big transition. First going to college: finding new friends, learning how to stay in contact with the friends from home, adjusting to actually having to study. Then graduating from college: finding a real job, where to live, how to stay in contact with friends, etc. Even over a year later, it still is difficult to adjust from living in a house with all my best friends to not even living in the same city as one friend! It takes a little more effort, but it is certainly worth it! It was so nice to chat with you this weekend. love and miss you lots Fantastic topic for a post. This is so true! Every few years there seems to be a big transition. First going to college: finding new friends, learning how to stay in contact with the friends from home, adjusting to actually having to study. Then graduating from college: finding a real job, where to live, how to stay in contact with friends, etc. Even over a year later, it still is difficult to adjust from living in a house with all my best friends to not even living in the same city as one friend! It takes a little more effort, but it is certainly worth it! It was so nice to chat with you this weekend. love and miss you lots

]]> By: Kristin http://kristingast.com/2009/11/02/what-about-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Kristin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:28:45 +0000 http://kristingast.com/?p=27#comment-11 Thanks for the suggestions on magazines to read, I will definitely check them out. And, thanks for visiting my site! While I don't know if I can completely give up my mindless reads, I can commit to broadening my horizons and checking out additional women's magazines. Thanks for the suggestions on magazines to read, I will definitely check them out. And, thanks for visiting my site! While I don’t know if I can completely give up my mindless reads, I can commit to broadening my horizons and checking out additional women’s magazines.

]]> By: Judy http://kristingast.com/2009/11/02/what-about-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Judy Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:51:52 +0000 http://kristingast.com/?p=27#comment-10 While I agree that some women's magazines have this type of content not all of them do. I am also a mother but don't read any parenting magazines as I find them mind numbingly boring. What about reading some of the great Feminist magazines? These magazines cover a wide range of topics from politics, investigative news, commentary, and even hellraising all from a female perspective. I can recommend Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/ also, don't forget Ms. Magazine: http://www.msmagazine.com/ Bust: http://www.bust.com/ and even Bitch: http://bitchmagazine.org/ Don't waste your life reading stuff like Cosmo, Glamour, and Parents (yes, Parents totally sucks too). Although I will admit I love me some Vogue. Judy While I agree that some women’s magazines have this type of content not all of them do. I am also a mother but don’t read any parenting magazines as I find them mind numbingly boring.

What about reading some of the great Feminist magazines? These magazines cover a wide range of topics from politics, investigative news, commentary, and even hellraising all from a female perspective.

I can recommend Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/

also, don’t forget Ms. Magazine: http://www.msmagazine.com/

Bust: http://www.bust.com/

and even Bitch: http://bitchmagazine.org/

Don’t waste your life reading stuff like Cosmo, Glamour, and Parents (yes, Parents totally sucks too). Although I will admit I love me some Vogue.

Judy

]]> By: Kim http://kristingast.com/2009/11/02/what-about-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Kim Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:58 +0000 http://kristingast.com/?p=27#comment-9 Not all women have kids, even eventually, so I agree with the blog post that this topic should be covered in general interest women's magazines. Plus, as Heather points out, there are different angles to be written about on this topic. How to maintain when building your career right out of school? How to maintain when one person gets married and the other isn't? How to maintain when one has kids and the other doesn't? etc etc Not all women have kids, even eventually, so I agree with the blog post that this topic should be covered in general interest women’s magazines. Plus, as Heather points out, there are different angles to be written about on this topic. How to maintain when building your career right out of school? How to maintain when one person gets married and the other isn’t? How to maintain when one has kids and the other doesn’t? etc etc

]]> By: Kristin http://kristingast.com/2009/11/02/what-about-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Kristin Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:55 +0000 http://kristingast.com/?p=27#comment-8 Interesting... having kids is definitely a life-change that requires adjusting of priorities and schedules. However, I am surprised that those articles don't appear in general women's magazines. Graduating from college, accepting new jobs, getting married, etc. are also big life changes that can make it difficult to maintain your friendships! Interesting… having kids is definitely a life-change that requires adjusting of priorities and schedules. However, I am surprised that those articles don’t appear in general women’s magazines. Graduating from college, accepting new jobs, getting married, etc. are also big life changes that can make it difficult to maintain your friendships!

]]> By: Heather http://kristingast.com/2009/11/02/what-about-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Heather Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:32 +0000 http://kristingast.com/?p=27#comment-7 When you get to be old like me and have kids, then the parenting magazines have articles on maintaining friendships with the demands of a family. :) When you get to be old like me and have kids, then the parenting magazines have articles on maintaining friendships with the demands of a family. :)

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