Thoughts on Friendship and Fraternity

Friendship is fickle thing, it seems. I hung out with a friend this weekend and she couldn't get a hold of any of her friends. So we hung out with one of mine. Although I could only find one person to hang out with myself. There are friends of mine that I consider to be quite dear to me, but I never see anymore. I don't know what I ought to do about it, but I'm trying to figure it out. I have another friend whom I hesitate to call a friend. She only occasionally acts friendly with me. She tells me that it's mostly because she's moody and that's why she doesn't seem as genial at times. I can't shake the feeling, though, that if I were actually a friend of hers, she'd treat me better even when she's out of sorts. Stress seems to be a common denominator of problems I've had with people in my life as of late. It has no connection between them and me, but our relationship manifests the problems from other areas of their life. It seems that I've had a lot of people venting their problems at me by instigating problems. Fraternity is different. Although there are speed bumps in the series of relationships we have, there's still an underlying theme of fraternity. There remains this loyalty that doesn't waver, despite troubles that may come. Although there's this sense of loyalty, it seems like these relationships are less rewarding. Maybe it's just because they are all with men, and I'm not seeking the approval of and interaction with men., but women.