My Friend As A Friend

As the year progressed, I found people who shared common interests as me and people who did not. Regardless, I made myself associate with them and it worked for my benefit. You may never know when you need a favor or just someone to talk to for that matter. Saying hello to a person can change so much which may sound really cheesy but its true! If I had never had the courage to join in on a strangers’ conversation then they would never have become my best friends. I had witnessed the Butterfly Effect. As I grew more comfortable with talking to others, my personality bloomed into something that I am proud of. I was excited to do things that others were not. If there was a spirit day, I would go all out. If it was someone’s birthday, I would try my hardest to get them a gift they would enjoy. If I saw someone going through internal turmoil, I would lend them my ears so that they could release their stress. Once, I was browsing Instagram through boredom and a girl had posted a picture of herself with the caption that said “I have nothing to live for.” I commented on the picture saying that she was gorgeous and she replied with “so what.” That reply hit me

I have always been a “people person” and my communication with people is very good. It gives me great pleasure to make other people laugh and cater for their needs. It has never been difficult for me to form new friendships and maintain existing ones. For instance, when I was in primary school, I had made a lot of friends, four

When I first entered school and had to start making friends, I tried very hard but always seemed to had issues socializing. Somehow, I ended up being the target of bullies all the time as a kid, with few friends who always stuck around. As I moved around the first few times between towns in Upstate New York, this kept happening. It seemed I just didn’t know how to make good friends, or at least not many. But, this all ended when I moved out to California halfway through Middle School. I made a few very good friends after I came to Larchmont, and they helped me open myself up to more people. I made more friends than I ever had in my life, and began to spend time outside of school socializing— something I’d never done before. Through all of this change, my closest friends were still the same type of people I’d always sought out my entire life; it had always been more creative type people. Whether they focused their creative efforts towards games, art, writing or music, that was always the main thing that connected my closest friends to me. Also, despite my more extroverted approach now, I still do prefer a quiet setting with less people (or even no one) to one that is busy at the end of the

Friendship is universal. It can bridge societal gaps of gender, race, social class, and differences in abilities. College is a time of personal growth, and friendships have a tremendous impact on the development and experiences of an individual. Through Best Buddies, college students and adults in the community with disabilities have the opportunity to share friendships. These relationships bring people of all abilities, interests, and talents together, as equals and as friends. I chose to look at these friendships

Ever since I was a child, I was always a little sheltered from the outside world. So, as you can imagine I did not have that many friends. I have always been a quiet person, I usually just keep to myself most of the time. Once, I started high school that is when I started to make friends, this was pretty important to me. Before I had friends, I basically thought that everyone was the same, I was so wrong. I met so many great people, they changed me so much, I went from staying home alone and reading all day to, hanging out with so many different people and going to many social events.

Each relationship with my friends are different. My friend Morgan, consistently complains about her relationship with her boyfriend and asks for my advice. Her boyfriend Jon, is one of my good friends, so I know him just as well as I know her. My job is our relationship is listening. I use the four “Rs” of listening to the best that I can to support her. Often, Morgan falls to conversational narcissism. She rarely talks about anyone else in these situations. Sometimes she mentions breaking up with Jon. I rejected that information through selective listening because I know she really doesn’t feel that way. My interpersonal communication with Morgan consists of me listening to her relationship problems.

Throughout my years as an elementary school kid I was always trying to make new friends and bond a lot with old ones. At the time it was rough for the fact that I was an only child and it was hard to socialize with kids my age because the only people I would talk to is my parents since

Ever since I was in middle school, making friends was easy. I was told by many of my peers that I was pleasant and easy to talk to, and that I was always so happy. Looking back through all my years of middle and high school, the degree of inaccuracy that statement

Personally I do not like meeting new people, it means you have to open up again and make a new bond. Also, you never know how the new person is, if they are either a true friend or they can go behind your back and lie to you. Will they come into your life and mess it up or shine with you? Friendships are extremely hard for me to make because as a little kid I use to tell everyone my problems and I would let anyone be my friend, I was honestly a very open child who was always happy. But when I went into elementary school I was always made fun of because of my weight and the way I looked. I was never good enough, for anyone to stick up for me. I was simply the joke of the school. I use to be very open, to anyone really I told my so called “friends” my problems and they always told my bullies which then, they would tease me about it and I would always ended up crying. I would basically open up to

As a little girl, I have been always told to act in a way that I think is correct. I did not the true meaning of that until I got to Grade 7.

For as long as I can remember I’ve had the same group of friends, but coming into high school I met a lot of new people. I met some of my best friends here and my boyfriend.I’ve reached out to a lot of different people I didn’t really expect to be friends with. I learned that you really can’t judge a book by a cover and that probably sounds cliche, but some of the people I thought I’d never get along with became some of my really good friends.

I didn’t have many friends. Moreover, I hardly had any. I had been willing to meet new people but I just didn’t know how with nervousness coursing through my veins. During my transition into the first year of high school, I wanted to get out of my shell. I met a couple of new people thinking I could form a great bond with them. That’s what

I had slowly mastered the art of making friends. My social skills improved immensely and it was easy for me to connect with people and create relationships. To this day, I still talk on a daily basis with many of the friends that I made while moving. I’ve become a social extrovert who relishes the company of others and reaches out to others who need a dependable companion.

In our modern society, the term, ‘friend’, has been commonly used so much that it has almost lost its meaning. According to a standard dictionary, a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard is what you’d call a friend. But that’s not the case according to people these days, especially teens, we call anyone a friend as long as they’ve done something that has benefited us. No really though, we give someone a pencil, they’re your friend now, you save them from getting in trouble, they are your friend now. Which in some cases is a good thing but at other times, you just involuntarily got yourself a friend that you can’t get rid of. So, this paper sums up the three types of friendship that hold

Who do you consider your friends? For me, a friend is someone who makes you laugh, they're nice, you can joke around with this person, and it's very easy to tell them anything because you trust them. If I talk to someone occasionally, and we're nice to each other but we never get into weird and funny conversations that later on leads to inside jokes, I wouldn't consider them a friend. All of the people I consider my friends are people who just bring joy to me. One common experience I have had with all my friends is laughing for a very long time non-stop until our stomachs hurt. For example, once I was skyping with two of my friends, Kim and Cortes. Cortes saw a post on Twitter that said "I hate it when teachers coffin skate