| This very general statement given by Graham Allen | | | | of their lives.The initial contact is made in certain |
| sums up very well some of the links to how | | | | settings such as work, a sports or social club, but |
| friendships are formed. Most of the people who we | | | | they only truly become friends when they start to |
| class as our friends are likeminded people sharing one | | | | interact with these same people outside of areas |
| or more common interests. Many would say that | | | | where they initially met. People are consciously |
| people of the same social class are likeminded, mix | | | | choosing their friends and choosing the kind of |
| and interact within the same social circles, perform | | | | relationships they have with them, whether they be |
| similar jobs, take their children to the same schools or | | | | very open and share many details about their lives or |
| go to the same schools, colleges or universities, have | | | | quite closed and simply talk about the context which |
| common social interests and generally there is a large | | | | they are friends about, e.g. parenthood and schooling |
| number of friends made with people who share the | | | | if they have met during their study.Are many our |
| same social class. Are these friendships made | | | | friendships based on educational background? From |
| because of the same social class, or through the | | | | compulsory education up to the end of high school |
| common features of that social classes living? | | | | we meet and make many friends, certainly not |
| Relationships are made through interaction and | | | | necessarily all our friends, but at least some. At the |
| meeting of people and then they develop further into | | | | age of six for example, it is our school mates other |
| friendships through similarities in their lives such as | | | | than family and parental figures that you are |
| social class, similar personalities and common features | | | | spending most of your time with. |