Having lifelong relationships has always been an important thing for me. I would also consider myself to be an introvert, so keeping up with relationships that others need isn't always the best option for me. I tend to hang out with someone for a couple hours and then just need to go home and chill out alone for the rest.
Interpersonal communication is defined as "a dynamic form of communication between two (or more) people in which the messages exchanged significantly influence their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships". Having interpersonal skills is found to be essential to maintaining a healthy relationship with someone (chpt. one, pg. seven). Being someone who tends to be on the quieter side, I find that it is harder for me to initially make friends than it is to keep said relationship. My anxiety or something just makes it hard for me to walk up to someone and just talk to them. Not like my twin brother. He is the complete opposite of me and he is one of those people that would literally walk up to someone and ask if they want to be his friend (not kidding, he legitimately did that our freshman year of high school). I personally believe that someone doesn’t need a hundred different relationships. You really only need a couple deep relationships, whether that be romantic or platonic. I think that the key thing in any relationship is communication. You talk. You get to know that person and understand who they are. These kinds of relationships can also change you and influence who you are as a person. Hence why parents are always saying to make good choices about the kinds of friends and people that their kids are surrounding themselves with. I only have a couple of close friends in my life. They are the ones that I’ve had for years and are still friends with. I love them like my family. One family I actually do view as my family because we all basically grew up together. I mean, considering I was three years old whenever they moved next door to us and I was there for most of their kids to be born, yeah, I would say they are family. I wouldn’t say that these kinds of relationships have lasted because we had a good time (okay, not talking about the family I grew up with. We basically were only friends because we were around the same age and played outside together everyday), it lasted because we talked and made a connection. I feel that interpersonal communication is the only way to make a relationship with someone who was met online. You can’t do anything else. You don’t see each other or do anything whenever you hang out. You’re just stuck with calling. Maybe doing stuff at the same time while you’re on facetime, but it’s pretty much only communication. Whether that be “face-to-face” (facetime or calling) or texting. It’s the same thing.
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