Read the text and the statements below. Which one of them is not true according to the text? In this overstressed, hyperlinked age, some people seem wired to everything but each other. The struggle to balance career and family has had an unintended casualty: friends. Sociologists say that the time of life when people have the most friends is young adulthood and old age; the time of life when people have the least friends is middle age. But I can’t say that my parents’ ability to maintain friendship ebbs and flows. Despite the shortcomings of e-mails as a means of personal connection, it may help keep some relationships afloat, at least for the short term. My parents use e-mail to stay in better touch with a circle of high-school friends by sending along anecdotes, congratulations and digital photos of our family. Maintaining those connections has bolstered them during tough times, particularly when my father was out of job and when my grandfather (my mum’s father) died of cancer a few months ago. They knew my grandfather and understood how close my mum was to him. For my parents, the key is realizing that maintaining friendships takes extra efforts, just the way balancing work and family does. Every year, my mum manages to arrange a long weekend for our family and a dozen of friends. She plans the weekend with workplace efficiency, sending out invitation letters and fax-reply forms, reserving lodging space for the group and booking advance guided tours. “I’ve handled complex litigation,” she says. “Organizing a weekend isn’t that hard”. While some folks treat their lives as a house of card that could topple if they add just one more obligation, my parents think of friendship, as an integral component of their life. “You can’t wait to live your life”, they say. “If you like being around friends and want to continue to have a relationship, you can’t put them off”. E-mails help keep some relationships afloat for the long term. People lose friends trying to balance career and family. Sociologists say that the ability to maintain friendships ebbs and flows with age. It takes extra efforts to continue to have a relationship with a circle of high-school friends. It is hard for contemporary adults to maintain friendships.

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Read the text and the statements below. Which one of them is not true according to the text?
In this overstressed, hyperlinked age, some people seem wired to everything but each other. The struggle to balance career and family has had an unintended casualty: friends. Sociologists say that the time of life when people have the most friends is young adulthood and old age; the time of life when people have the least friends is middle age. But I can’t say that my parents’ ability to maintain friendship ebbs and flows. Despite the shortcomings of e-mails as a means of personal connection, it may help keep some relationships afloat, at least for the short term. My parents use e-mail to stay in better touch with a circle of high-school friends by sending along anecdotes, congratulations and digital photos of our family. Maintaining those connections has bolstered them during tough times, particularly when my father was out of job and when my grandfather \(my mum’s father\) died of cancer a few months ago. They knew my grandfather and understood how close my mum was to him. For my parents, the key is realizing that maintaining friendships takes extra efforts, just the way balancing work and family does. Every year, my mum manages to arrange a long weekend for our family and a dozen of friends. She plans the weekend with workplace efficiency, sending out invitation letters and fax-reply forms, reserving lodging space for the group and booking advance guided tours. “I’ve handled complex litigation,” she says. “Organizing a weekend isn’t that hard”. While some folks treat their lives as a house of card that could topple if they add just one more obligation, my parents think of friendship, as an integral component of their life. “You can’t wait to live your life”, they say. “If you like being around friends and want to continue to have a relationship, you can’t put them off”.

E-mails help keep some relationships afloat for the long term.
People lose friends trying to balance career and family.
Sociologists say that the ability to maintain friendships ebbs and flows with age.
It takes extra efforts to continue to have a relationship with a circle of high-school friends.
It is hard for contemporary adults to maintain friendships.

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