The Best Friendships Are One-Way Streets!

Contrary to Popular Belief

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One-way street or two-way? Nowadays, it’s easy to misconstrue the idea of friendship. We have social media, which has a way of blurring the lines between friends and acquaintances. So let’s start with what is a friend? A friend is someone that you’ve chosen to let into your life. They are people that you care about and vice versa. You share common interests, support each other, and talk regularly.

But, an acquaintance can be anyone from your colleague at work to the person who sits next to you in class. You might not know much about them or even like them for that matter, but there’s some form of connection there, whether it be through a location or mutual friends.

When we think of friendship, we assume that it means a relationship between two people who share mutual feelings and shared interests. While this may be true to some extent, there is more to friendships than meets the eye. This can be seen when looking at different relationships, such as friends vs. …