Friendship, a mutual relationship between people, needs loyalty and has restrictions in order to be maintained. It can be found everywhere. It just depends on how people acquire it. Some people acquire friendships through common things. Some people acquire friendships through common places, others through the internet. A friendship can sometimes last without any physical contact, but it cannot last without a understanding for each other as it is a mutual relationship. Example of friendships with no physical contact are textmates, chatmates, pen pal and phone pals.
There are many kinds of friendship (lovecarnival.com/friendship/). There are friendships wherein people just hang out together through common friends but not really open up to each other. That kind of friendship is the acquaintance type. The other kind of friendship where people open up to each other and help one another on times of troubles is the the close friend or best friend type.(purdue.edu/UNS/x/2007b/070807SparksFriendship.html)
Friendship is a mutual relationship between people (plato.stanford.edu/entries/friendship/#1.1).There would be no friendship present if it is only one-sided. It takes two to make it work. There are common understandings within a friendship. As friendships tend to develop friends, people who are friends for a long time tend to adapt to each other’s lifestyle. They gain common understandings through experience. Sometimes best friends can comprehend each other with just an eye-to-eye contact.
Every friendship needs compromise (catholicapologetics.info/morality/general/friendship.html). There is compromise in each friendship as it is a give-and-take relationship. There would be quarrels between friendship because it lacks compromise. Examples of compromise within a friendship are: giving each other’s time, lowering each other’s pride and keep up with one another’s tantrums.
To conclude, friendship is natural among people (plato.stanford.edu/entries/friendship/#1.1). As it is their human nature to have a relationship, it is essential that one should treasure these relationships as each one gains from it. Friendship is really important to everyone as it serves as their support system in times of troubles and in times of happiness.
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