There are only three kinds of friendship. Ask yourself if you recognize these in your life. Feel free to tally them up and let readers know in the comment section below how many fit into each category.
These are the people we interact with most often where we both get some kind of mutual benefit from our relationship (Some Facebookers, coworkers, clients, neighbours, etc) . In some cases we may not even like these people but they are strangely still considered friends. The bulk of our friendships exist in this class.
Since mutual benefits change based on life's circumstances, these friendships only last so long as mutual benefit exist and once one party no longer benefits - that's it - the friendship ends and each goes their separate ways.
These friends take pleasure in each other's company only in so far as they have hopes of advantage from it.
If you both knew it was a friendship of utility the separation is amicable; however, if one party thought the friendship went beyond utility things usually get emotional and animosity results.
Ask yourself if you or another in your life experienced this kind of friendship strife due to a misunderstood friendship type.
Stay tuned for the second and slightly deeper type of friendship.
Type 1: Friends of Utility
These are the people we interact with most often where we both get some kind of mutual benefit from our relationship (Some Facebookers, coworkers, clients, neighbours, etc) . In some cases we may not even like these people but they are strangely still considered friends. The bulk of our friendships exist in this class.
Since mutual benefits change based on life's circumstances, these friendships only last so long as mutual benefit exist and once one party no longer benefits - that's it - the friendship ends and each goes their separate ways.
These friends take pleasure in each other's company only in so far as they have hopes of advantage from it.
If you both knew it was a friendship of utility the separation is amicable; however, if one party thought the friendship went beyond utility things usually get emotional and animosity results.
Ask yourself if you or another in your life experienced this kind of friendship strife due to a misunderstood friendship type.
Stay tuned for the second and slightly deeper type of friendship.
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