What is the meaning of friendship?

Question

1) Are there different types of friendship?

2) What makes a friendship long last?

3) How can we prevent a friendship becoming sour?

4) What are the things can we expect from a friend?

5) Can we live without having a 'Friendship'?

Answer 1

A true friend is someone who sticks by you when you are down and celebrates with you when you are up. It's someone you trust. It is someone who understands you, knows the real you and appreciates the person you are.

1). Sure. There are many types of relationships and they may be hard to classify. I have encountered at least 3 different types.
- Situational friends. You see each other regularly, have fun together, even share occasional disappointments. When you move or something changes, you don't stay in touch. Ex. : activity and location based - work, gym, clubs, etc.
- Casual friends. Meet each other once in a while, go out for lunch and dinner, catch up on the news/gossip. You like each other, appreciate the company. But are are not best friends.
- Close friends. They understand the real you, help when you're in trouble and are people you can rely on. They will not betray you, they let you in their lives and care about you deeply. Such people don't come along often and such relationships are to be cherished.

2). Mutual understanding, true appreciation of each other's company and the desire to stick together whatever happens.

3). There's no magic solution. Sometimes relationships disintegrate or people grow out of them. But if you don't spend time together, have fun together and talk (I mean really talk about your lives, decisions, whatever is going on), the friendship probably will not last.

4). It really depends on the person. Myself, I value loyalty above all others. I would never let my friends down, I stick by them and they by me.

5). If you are close with your family you could. But at some point, everybody needs a friend.

Answer 2

Meaning Of Friendship

Answer 3

There are many different kinds of friendships.

For instance I have friends who even though we don't talk all the time, I know they are there for me and vice-versa.

I have friends I talk to everyday day.

I have friends I can only take in small doses.

I have church friends, ones I only see on Sunday.

I have work friends, ones I only see at work.

I have a friend who I love dearly but she is very messy and a know it all but she is still my friend.

How do keep a friendship from going sour? Well I believe if it is a true friendship, it can never get sour. If you drift apart then maybe you weren't really friends.

I think the answer for 2 and 4 are the same. Honesty. Your friend should be able to be honest with you and vice versa not matter what the circumstances are.

Can you live without friendship? I say no because even if you don't have friends as in the breathing kind, your TV may be your friend or music, computer, food...

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

1.) There are good friendships, where everyone is loyal to eachother, and help eachother, and there are bad kinds where one person is bossy, and the other is passive. So, yes there are. And there can be both of them being bossy, but it's hard to make friends that way.

2.) If both (or more) of you help eachother and don't spend TOO much time togther, then it can last. You can aslo invite them over, and do fun things with them.

3.) Make sure you don't try to annoy the friend, and try to avoid arguements as much as you can, because then people won't want to be your friend if they think you fight a lot.

4.) If you have a loyal friend, they shouldn't hesitate to help out, or lend you something (like a favor.) But if you're bossy, expect the same thing. They should stay in contact with you, and should be nice to you.

5.) You can probably live without a friendship, but would be depressed, because usually friends help you get through hard times, and encourage you to do your best. It's good to have atleast one friendship that will last.

Answer 5

1) Yes definitely there are as much types of friendship according to the friends you have. Every friend requires a new type of friendship. Some friends will listen to you when you need it, some friends will listen to you only when they are in a good mood for that, some friends will do not really understand you but they all will try their best to help you when you ask for that.

2) A friendship to last long only the time can prove that, if the friends really care for each other and feel for each other they will be friends no matter of location, occupation, background, characteristic features. But after some time, if the friendship was proved for long lasting it will turn more or less into a habit.

3) Do not be afraid if the friendship becomes sometimes sore, if the friends care for each other enough they will smooth it. After arguing or disagreement if the both sides care enough they will learn on how to compromise, forget and forgive. Of course watch out not to happen serious fights and try to 'close your eyes for the faults you see' of your friend. Accept them with their faults bearing in mind they accept you with your faults as well. See the good things in them and be happy with that.

4) Do not expect anything from your friends. Give your best in that to help them every time they need it and do not expect help in return, they sure will help you as well. But when you do not expect you won't be disappointed.

5) No, we can't live without friends. We need to have friends as we need to breath air.

Answer 6

The meaning of friendship is the emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends. There are so many types of friendship. Some of them may differ from place to place, positive characteristics are present in all kinds of friendship. Some of these characteristics involve affection, sympathy, empathy, honesty, altruism, mutual understanding and compassion, enjoyment of each other's company, trust, and the ability to be oneself, express one's feelings, and make mistakes without fear of judgment from the friend. It's also being able to trust somebody, someone who will help you through some tough times. I have about three friends that moved away. My first friend left when we were in eighth grade. She came to school and I noticed that she was crying. I asked her if she was okay, but she wasn't. Her sister got into a car crash that same morning when she was coming to school. She told me that her sister died and that she was her favorite older sister. She would look up to her and she knew that her sister told her that she would always be there for her, but it didn't happen. So now she is in Aztec, NM. Gosh I miss her so much. When she told me that her sister died, I cried with her. I had another friend that came to school one morning crying. I asked her what was wrong and she told me that she and her family are moving to Texas, because her dad got a job there. She was my best friend and I cried with her. She even told me that she didn't want to leave me, because I was the only one that she ever told her feelings to and the one that she trusted the most. I told it was okay and that I was going to miss her too. My heart broke when she left a week later, I cried really hard when she left. But before she left she gave me a hug and I told that she was my best friend and that we may never see each other again. Then there's my other friend that was on the same soccer team as me for three years. She and I were the defenders in soccer. She would encourage me to do my best. She was the reason why I was really good, until she left. She told the whole team (we were on a co-ed team, called Sting) that she was moving Alabama. I knew that when she moved there would nobody to help me with soccer, but I had to try my best for her.

Answer 7

I really do not know what makes friendship last. But I do no that you can live without friendship tho it would be extremely difficult.

Answer 8

friendship is having someone in your life who respects you, who loves you for who you are, who will do anything t make sure you are okay and who is always there to cheer you up with you need a smile.

Answer 9

Friendship- is like love it is unconditional.

Answer 10

understanding, patients, not judging, listening, being there any time, ect ect.

Common decency.

treat others as you would have them treat you.

if you treat people bad they will treat you bad.

and if you treat people good and they treat you bad then they have no sense of the meaning of friendship