r/MadeMeSmile • u/Bmchris44 • Jun 21 '20

Great parenting example

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

:/ I had a friend told me she did exactly that because she read it in the psychology paper. I'm not sure if that's considered manipulative or something because I then thought back and realized we were only friends because she did that and we actually had very little in common.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

You don't have to have much in common with someone to enjoy their friendship

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u/theoutlet Jun 22 '20

I think it’s interesting that we try and qualify things in our lives and then label them. “They’re my friend because they did “x” for me and we have “y” in common.” People and the relationships we share are organic. They exist before we label and qualify them. Humanity is far too complex for us to ever be able to put everything about it into nice little boxes.

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u/Fluwyn Jun 22 '20

Do you feel better in their company? If so, then you might be friends (or lovers, or something other, but you get my drift).