It is known that humans are a social species. People interact with each other during almost every moment of a person’s life. In a lot of places such as at work with their boss and their coworkers, or when they go to the gym, there they will interact with the receptionist, their trainer and people that also working out. Some of the most important people that humans will interact with during their lives are friends. They are people that have a good relationship with others. The cultural and general definition of the word friend is a person that likes another’s personality and spends time with them. Not everybody that can be considered a friend will be willing to help when a bad moment arrives. Every person gives the word its own definition and
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They will always do everything that is possible to protect the other and prevent him of suffering any type of pain. People that are considered true friends will never let their friends go into any type of danger without warning and helping them because they really care about what could happen to them. An example is something that happened to the following girl. “Jackie said the nicest thing a friend did for her was to tell her mom a secret “(Lyness). The friend of Jackie told Jackie’s mom a secret that Jackie had told her. The secret was that Jackie “was extremely depressed” (Lyness). When the friend of Jackie heard that secret, she knew that Jackie’s life was in danger because she did not know what Jackie was capable of doing and she needed to do something about it, even if it implied breaking a promise and telling a secret. Jackie said “I told her not to tell anyone, she knew she had to” (Lyness). The friend of Jackie knew that she had to tell the secret to prevent hier of any danger. Jackie also said the following of her friend "She ended up saving my life, and I am grateful” (Lyness). The girl eventually saved her life and she showed that she really cared about her friend even if she needed to tell a secret to save her life. She was a true friend that wanted to protect her and really care about the health of Jackie. Persons like her show that they really care about the others. A friend is somebody that is …show more content…
There are many ways of trusting a person and one of them is communication. “Friendships are defined by their level of intimacy “(Viorst 458). The intimacy level that exists in a friendship is a key for trusting each other and being able to communicate.” We might tell a medium friend that …we had a fight with our husband” (Viorst 458). The conversations that people has with others that are not considered as good friends will be different as the ones they have with people that are good and true friends.” and we might tell a very good friend that the reason we got so mad..was the girl that works in his office” ( Viorst 458). This is an example of how the levels of intimacy affect the level of trust that people has with their friends and the type of things that they tell between each other. A person that is considered a true friend is someone who people can tell all the stuff that is happening to them without hiding anything because they know that the other cares about them and wants to know what is happening in their
They will always do everything that is possible to protect the other and prevent him of suffering any type of pain. People that are considered true friends will never let their friends go into any type of danger without warning and helping them because they really care about what could happen to them. An example is something that happened to the following girl. “Jackie said the nicest thing a friend did for her was to tell her mom a secret “(Lyness). The friend of Jackie told Jackie’s mom a secret that Jackie had told her. The secret was that Jackie “was extremely depressed” (Lyness). When the friend of Jackie heard that secret, she knew that Jackie’s life was in danger because she did not know what Jackie was capable of doing and she needed to do something about it, even if it implied breaking a promise and telling a secret. Jackie said “I told her not to tell anyone, she knew she had to” (Lyness). The friend of Jackie knew that she had to tell the secret to prevent hier of any danger. Jackie also said the following of her friend "She ended up saving my life, and I am grateful” (Lyness). The girl eventually saved her life and she showed that she really cared about her friend even if she needed to tell a secret to save her life. She was a true friend that wanted to protect her and really care about the health of Jackie. Persons like her show that they really care about the others. A friend is somebody that is …show more content…
There are many ways of trusting a person and one of them is communication. “Friendships are defined by their level of intimacy “(Viorst 458). The intimacy level that exists in a friendship is a key for trusting each other and being able to communicate.” We might tell a medium friend that …we had a fight with our husband” (Viorst 458). The conversations that people has with others that are not considered as good friends will be different as the ones they have with people that are good and true friends.” and we might tell a very good friend that the reason we got so mad..was the girl that works in his office” ( Viorst 458). This is an example of how the levels of intimacy affect the level of trust that people has with their friends and the type of things that they tell between each other. A person that is considered a true friend is someone who people can tell all the stuff that is happening to them without hiding anything because they know that the other cares about them and wants to know what is happening in their