Development of Friendship

Friendships develop between all kinds of people. Often at the begging of a friendship the people will be drawn together because they have similar interests, of the have a friend in common. Some people say that when it comes to friendships or dating that opposites attract. I have found this statement to be false. When I hang out with my friends we never do things that only interest one of us. Our activities always revolve around common interest. Friendships take some dedication by both sides for them to run smoothly. I have never understood the person who gets upset when they hear that their friend is hanging out with someone else instead of them. Although it is a lot of fun to chill with one friend, sometimes a person just needs time to be with other people.

A friend who you consider a best friend is hard to come by. In my opinion, one of the best ways to take an ordinary friend and turn him or her into a best friend is to get into trouble with them. Getting lectured or disciplined with a friend is not half as bad as going it alone. The friends that I consider my best friends I have known for at least a year, and many of my friends I have known all my life. Since we have spent so much time together there is not much that we wouldn't do for each other if a friend needed help. When I am talking to my best friends I am completely relaxed and I know that I won't hurt their feelings by what I say. At this college it is easy to forget that people don't know me very well, and so I have to be extra careful when joking with people because they might not know that I was jesting. With my best friends I don't have this problem. Also my friends are great because we are rarely upset with each other, and if we do get mad, we forget about it after 20 minutes or so. Since it is so hard to get mad at each other, it can make for some interesting situations when we bug each other. Generally if there is a group of us and we find something that bugs one of us. We will exploit the irritation until the person getting bothered gets so irritated that they punch one of us. Then we all laugh and go back to whatever we were doing. This simple routine is what makes hanging out with my friends so great. I feel very blessed that I have so many friends.