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