2). Think about someone who is a very close or best friend. Describe the investments you and your friend have made in the relationship. Describe how you build and communicate trust, acceptance, and closeness. Are the dynamics of your friendship consistent with those identified by researchers as discussed in this chapter?
I have a friend that attends University of California Berkeley and I consider him my best friend. In our first year apart, we didn't do much to stay in contact but when the breaks came by, we still acted like best friends as if everything was back to normal. This second year, we started drifting a little but we both have made and effort in keeping in contact through Facebook and text messages. Sometimes one of us would visit the other person for a weekend and catch up. I believe that we built trust, acceptance, and closeness by hanging out and socializing with each other. Over summer, we hung out with our entire group of friends every single night. We made a pact that we would go out every single summer night possible. Although this was a crazy idea, this allowed us to bond a lot more and develop trust, comfortableness, and bringing us closer night by night.I believe our friendship is very consistent with ideas like Engaging in duel perspective and communicating honestly. In order for both of us to maintain a good friendship, we have to be equivalent to each other in ways like honesty or respecting each other's ideas. We know that we're still growing throughout college and we try to respect what has grown on us.
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