Part 1: Friendship

Who is FRIEND???

A friend is a person

to laugh and cry with,

An inspiration,

Someone who lends a helping hand,

though friends may not be forever,

And they may not end up together,

the memories of a true friendship will

last forever...

A friend is not a shadow nor a servant

But someone who hold

a piece of a person in his heart.

Someone who shares a smile,

Someone who brightens up your day..

What makes a person a friend?

Is by saying your Love will stay..

Friendship..

is a relationship between two or more people who hold mutual affection for each other. Friendships and acquaintanceship are thought of as spanning across the same continuum. The study of friendship is included in the fields of sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and philosophy. Various academic theories of friendship have been proposed, including social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles

List of friendships:

1.     Agentic friendship

a friendship in which both parties look toward each other for help in achieving practical goals in their personal and professional life. These friends help with completing projects, study for an exam, or help a friend move out. These types of friends value sharing time together, but only if there are no other priorities and the friend is actually available to help in the first place. Emotions and sharing of personal information is of no concern to this type of friend.

2.     Associate

not a true friend – sharing of emotional ties is absent. Example: a co-worker with whom one enjoys eating lunch or having coffee, but would not look to for emotional support. Many "friends" that appear on social networking sites are associates.

3.     Best friend (or close friend)

someone who shares extremely strong interpersonal ties with as a friend.

See also: Best friends forever

4.     Blood brother or blood sister

people related by birth. Also a circle of friends who swear loyalty by mixing the blood of each member together; the latter carries the risk of transmitting infections such as HIV.

5.     Bromance

a close non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men, a form of homosocial intimacy.

6.     Buddy (friendship)

a friend or a partner for a particular activity. Males, and sometimes females, introduce a same-sex friend as their "buddy", or a circle of friends as "buddies". Buddies are also acquaintances that one has during certain events. The term may also refer to an online contact, such as the AOL Buddy List. It also refers to a close friend.

7.   Casual relationship or "friends with benefits"

sexual or near-sexual relationship between two people who do not expect or demand to share a formal romantic relationship. This can also refer to a "hook-up".

8.     Family friend

friendship extended to family members of the friends. Close relation is developed in those societies where family ties are quite strong. This term is usually used in the Indian subcontinent.

9.Communal friendship

a friendship in which the friends gather often to provide encouragement and emotional support in times of great need. This type of friendship tends to last only when opposing parties fulfill the expectations of support for the relationship.

10. Internet relationship

form of friendship or romance which takes place over the Internet. Some internet friendships evolve into real-life friendships. Internet friendships are in similar context to pen pals. These friendships are also based on the thought that they may never meet in real life, they know each other for who they are instead of the mask they may use in real life.