Saturday, November 3, 2012
My Best Friend Dynamics
My
best friend Barbie and I have been through many ups and downs together. There
were times where our friendship was so strained that it almost snapped
twice… We have been best friends for
almost 10 years now and we have invested a lot of time crying, laughing, and
loving one another completely unconditionally.
I once told her after she went through a bad breakup that although he
was her heart and it was now broken, I would always be her lungs and I would
help get her through that horrible time.
Going through so many happy, heartbroken, and challenging times has
allowed us to grow together and trust one another. We have also hurt one another- sometimes
intentionally but mostly unintentionally.
These challenging times allowed us to grow together because giving one
another grace allowed us to begin to trust one another again and realize that
we should not let little things ruin the beautiful relationship we have. I think that the dynamics of our friendship are
absolutely consistent with those identified by researchers in this chapter. She tells me when I am messing up and her
calling me out really grants huge amounts of respect from me. I can honestly say that she is the most
honest, caring, and supportive person in my life and I will forever love her
unconditionally. Forget best friends
forever, she is my sister for life!
Your friendship reminds me so much of my best friend and I also! I feel like as girls, we all go through so much more with our best friends because we are all emotional and sometimes, dramatic. It warms my heart to know that you guys have been the best of friends for 10 years and it's getting stronger every day. The unconditional love is definitely one of the biggest aspects that make a friendship stay strong through whatever. Also, a healthy friendship like that can totally help lessen the stresses and problems that other parts of our life cause!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute post! This sounds just like a friendship that I have! It is funny how the same components of a relationship also exist within friendships too. There comes a point where you decide if this person is really meant to be your friend you will go to the end of the earth with this person. The love that you have for them is unconditional like you said despite the arguing and disagreements. It’s the comfort of knowing that no matter what happens it will be you and your best friend in the end, that’s what friendship is truly about.
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