Trying to discuss the difference between romantic love verses friendship is rather difficult to understand. There is so much gray area between the two that most people have a hard time comprehending the differences. How can we tell when a friendship has moved away from just friendly love to a deeper romantic love? Looking into the topic we see a lot of the time men saying that they're best friends with this girl that they have fallen head over heels for. They call it being 'friend zoned', but on the other hand you can see the same problem concurring with women who find it impossible to tell a close male friend that her feelings for her go far beyond just being friends. In a relationship what should come first? Friendship? Or should the couple dive right into romantic love?
Between the ages of fifteen and eighteen is one of the hardest time to understand where we stand with female and male friends on the subject of love. We're stuck in this awkward stage of being cooking pots of hormones where people we thought as gross or just friends suddenly become very attractive to us. The line for some is as firm as an iron rod, for others it blurs into this mucky area of gray.“That's one of the first things that comes out of young people's mouths when they're in love. FOREVER. And that's cool, it's all good-until you get old enough to realize what forever is.” - Ice-T. I have a friend, his name is Tevin and he's currently dating a friend of mine named Morgan. One of the reasons that their relationship works for them is that they were friends before hand so there isn't this awkward part of the relationship when they're trying to get used to each others pet peeves, likes and dislikes. I believe that when we're young we have a much harder time...
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...I got older, and I understood more, having a friend like that, it helped so much having some one there that helped me through everything. He was there whenever I needed him, to help hold me up when I was going to fall. At times he was the only constant in my life that kept me from going crazy, when the whole world under your feet is rolling it feels so much safer knowing that you have someone there to keep you from drowning. I could have never imagined that a friend would change me so much.
I hope that this essay has properly portrayed my opinion on Romantic Love Vs. Friendship, I hope that now there is less gray area between the two. Friendship and love, those two things go hand and hand, I don't believe that you can have love without there being friendship. Along with that though, you can't have friendship without there being love, even if it isn't romantic love.
There are different kinds of friendship, ones that bring about certain goods for each other such as men of business or of some type of exchange. There also exists a state of friendship where pleasure is given, that in this state what is being given are pleasurable things and that each loves what is being given and as such continuous until such qualities cease to come
Love is essentially the key that unlocks all aspects that are carried throughout friendships. Friendship without love is like having an imaginary friend because it is not actually there. Rat Kiley and Curt Lemon's companionship was a prime example of how love is disturbed in friendship. They were two peas in a pod and would do everything together so when Lemon died Kiley took it hard. He had wrote a letter to Lemon's sister explaining how good of a man Lemon was as a way of trying to show that he really loved Lemon. He also killed a harmless animal as his way of retribution to show that he had not forgotten about his best friend. Love in Friendship is having that other person with you even when they are not actually present. Lt. Cross had a
I would define friendship as complete trust and love between two people. Many people believe that this kind of behavior is reciprocated between two individuals without any expectations. A friend is someone who also provides you with support and whom you can rely on to celebrate special moments with. A friend also comes with many great attributes; such as loyalty, honesty, compassion, trust, and morality. Today’s friend is viewed as someone who shares happiness, common values, history, and equality with another. For example, Aristotle and Cicero both wrote dialogues about friendship and its significance on mankind. Therefore, the key issues that will be discussed are: their views on the similarities of friendship, the differences between friends,
Webster defines friendship as the emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends. Growing up you realize that every relationship is tested throughout time and some make it through that time and others do not.
Friendships can change the outcome of a novel. Depending on who the main character sides with and who that character makes friends with can change if the character overcomes their obstacles or not. Friendship and love is when people caring and helpful to each other. Also its when both help each other without their own intentions. In Peak by Roland Smith, Peak views love and friendship as being helpful and caring, but when he is forced to go with his father, and finds out people who are his supposedly his friends are only helping him for their own special intention, he has to rely on loyalty and trust to find the people that actually care and love him.
Intimate relationships require self-awareness; empathy; the ability to communicate emotions, resolve conflict and sustain commitments if the relationship is potentially a sexual one, sexual one, sexual decision making. Such skills are pivotal as young adults decide whether to marry or form intimate partnerships and to have or not to have children ( Lambeth & Hallett, 2002). Let’s look at two expressions of intimacy in young adulthood: friendship and love.
Did you know that the best kinds of lovers are the people that start out as your friend? This is shown in the lyrics of the R&B song "Lovers and Friends", sung by Usher, Ludacris, and Lil Jon. This song is about two people who have been friends for a long time and now are ready to take the step into being lovers. In "Lovers and Friends" the writers use sensory description and figurative language to show the theme that friends make the best lovers.
As a teenager I have seen many of my friends get into many relationships including myself. We are teenagers and tend not know exactly what we want. One of my friends caught my attention one day, I began to question and wonder about her rel...
what is realistic and what is not, the ears that listen. A friendship could be a long lasting thing or
My personal definition of "friendship" is a feeling or emotion expressed in such a way that another feels wanted and important, a relationship between a person or persons where everyone has some companion to talk to when their in need of one. I would define friends as people whom you can have several types of relations with and feel several emotions for that person. Someone that one might go to in time of need. However, friendships differ between people. For example, the friendship that someone may have between them and their parents would be different than the friendship they might have with someone their age. There are many different friendships that people have. Friendships can exist between best friends, friends, lovers, children, parents, siblings, and many more. All of these differ in some way.
Love is affection, devotion, passion, desire, warmth, respect or loyalty. You choose. It doesn't really matter which one because they are all forms of love. Some are powerful and demand attention while others are more subtle and just below the surface. In recent years, love has drifted from these subtle levels to the more noticeable ones, namely passion. In my opinion, our society downplays the real necessity for genuine affection. By this I mean that we, as a society, spend so much time focusing on only one level of love (passion) that we tend to neglect and not recognize the need for closeness and trust (friendship). Love is an all-encompassing emotion that can be powerful and demanding, but also rewarding and pleasurable.
Although relationships with parents determine in large measure our longer-term preferences, attitudes and values, during adolescence it is often relationships with friends that cause most concern and which pre-occupy the thoughts of young people as they grow up.
A boyfriend and a girlfriend desire to be with each other. They love each other so much that they just want to be with each other as much as possible. This bond is also present in a good friendship because it has genuine love. Also, as friends they respect each other. They try to avoid causing conflicts. They don’t make fun of each other, but treat each other with respect.
Life teaches us a lot of things. But none is a better teacher than friendship (Importance of Friendship). There is one person who knows who I really am and that is my best friend, Danny. Friendship is a special love. Finding a true friend is always hard. So when one is found, it is important to hang on tight. The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. Growing up, I was the girl that was confident, strong, and had all the answers. No one had fully ever understood me or my actions, I was constantly on the move, keeping myself busy with any task or activity I could get my hands on, and I never told anyone the entire truth to why that was. My appearance to always seeming assured, formidable and dependable could be imputed to one prevailing time period, but was separated into hundreds of different memories of my past, each with their cause and effect. However, it started with one substantial hit, afflicting me in my teenage years.
Like I mentioned earlier these relationships include the components of intimacy and commitment. I feel that my friendships fall under this type of relationship because within my friendships I share a lot of intimacy with my friends. When I say intimacy what I mean is that my friends and I are really close. Most of my closest friends I met at a young age and I have remained friends with many of them since then. With my friendships, there is also commitment between our relationships. There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for my friends and I know they feel the same for me. We are committed to each other and support each other during difficult