The subject of friendships has a variety of meanings. Each individual has their own description of a friendship. While storming through my brain for my meaning of friendship and what it means to me. There are, in no particular order, a few that are mean something in my life. Those few would be family, normal friends, pets, and best friends.Family is the soul and roots of a person’s life and their being. Family usually consists of a few varieties.
We all have a mother and father. Without them we would not be. The bond between a child and their parents can be the best friendship a person could ever have. A parent’s role is protective first then friends second. Family also pertains to a person’s aunt, uncles, and cousins. My future children will be best friends with their cousins. They are going to do everything together. Aunts and Uncles are who a young person looks up to in the family.
There are also in laws who fall into the family friendship category. Lastly, the bond between a child and the grandparents is remarkably different. A grandparent gets so much joy and love watching what their child has raised.A social friendship is a whole different relationship. These people are not close to you as family or best friend but, they are still a friend. In a new friendship you may start out as someone you would hang out with at the gym or maybe even lunch at a work or a school setting.
Often a person may make friends at a social event. Sometimes, you look forward to these events just to see the social friend that you have made. The easiest of social friends is the work friends a person makes as they grow within the company.A pet can make the most loyal friend a person could have. You can tell them anything and they won’t judge you or talk back to you. Some people use their pets for emotional friendships.
Other people may not have friends and have pets for pure enjoyment. These people treat their pets as children or family. Lastly, there is the friendship a person may get from their service pets. These animals have been known to save allot of lives during emergencies. A few of these animals go through special training to tell a deaf person someone is at the door or to guide a blind person through town.
A person who is a best friend can be a spouse or partner, they can be related or not, sometimes they may even be a high school or college friend. Each one of these is usually in their own mini file in the best friends’ category. A spouse or partner can and should always be the closest friend a person should have. The next type of best friend is a person who is always there through thick and thin, through ups and downs, bad and good.
A best friend will tell you when you look exceptionally good, or when you are doing something morally wrong. This person can always tell you the truth no matter what. You may have met them in school or in life but, they never go away. These friends will always be in a woman’s wedding whether they are related or not. A best friend can be a person that you trust with your life.As we all can tell there are different types of friends.
Some I hold close to my heart and in my life. Then there is the others who are fun to hang around with but, they don’t fit into my world. Each individual picks there friends and chooses each one carefully. Whether a person chooses to put them in groups like I did family, best friends, normal friends, or pets. There is always a friend to find in this big world. Just take your time and make sure they are as close a friend as you are to them