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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t mean this in a bad way (really) but aside from luxury travel etc., you sound like you have a lot of interests that are common for guys – stocks; investments; real estate; construction; cars; probably sports (am I right?).  I’m NOT suggesting that there aren’t women who like these things – and I’m not suggesting that women shouldn’t like these things.  But chances are the kind of woman who is spending her time reading about social justice and sentencing guidelines is likely not the same kind of woman who is reading or thinking about Apple’s P/E ratio or what was said at Berkshire’s last annual meeting or who the subcontractor is for the newest skyscraper being built in Manhattan.

It may be that your common ground with this woman was WORK.  There’s nothing wrong with that – lots of friendship start that way.  But the strength/weakness of the friendship shows up when the parties stop working together.  In your case – you’re still in the corporate world and have zero interest in the non profit world; in her case, she is likely thrilled to be out of the corporate world and with real people.  So now you’re realizing you don’t share work interests AND she pooh poohs your other interests and you do the same for hers – that’s how friendships naturally start to fade a bit and become more casual and you start to gravitate towards people who like what you like and want to talk/hear about those things.  There’s nothing wrong with this . . . I think you just may be surprised bc typically friendships don’t take 13 years to crack.[/quote]

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