Friday, 27 March 2015

Human Communication Chapter 9 >> Friends, Lovers, Families

Friendship improve happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
Friendship in is an interpersonal relationship between two person that is mutually productive and characterized by mutual positive regard. Let's take a closer look at the components of this definition.
a) Friendship is an interpersonal relationship 
- this mean that communication interactions must have taken place between the people. 
b) Friendships must be mutually productive 
- the qualifier emphasizes that, by definition, they cannot be destructiveness to either of the involved parties. 
c) Friendships are characterized by mutual positive regard
- you like your friend and your friend likes you. Liking people is essential if we are to all them friends.


Romantics relationship: 6 types of love (between male and female)
 1. Eros (love from physical attraction)
 2. Ludus (entertainment and excitement )
 3. Storge (attraction but no passion)
 4. Pragma (concern of benefits)
 5. Mania (loving crazy)
 6. Agape (unconditional love)


Today you hear a great deal about "family", as if there is only one kind of family. Actually, there are many types of families. 
(1) Traditional couples (happy family) - the "traditional" family of a husband, a wife, and one or more children in now just one of many family types. 
(2) Independent couple (more individual) - the relationship is important but never more important than each other person's individual identity. Although independents spend a great deal of time together, they don't ritualize it, for example, with schedules.
(3) Separate couple (not happy but stay together) - live together but view their relationship more as a matter of convenience than a result of their mutual love or closeness. 


Family where life begins and love never ends. 
Family is the most important thing in the world.
The love of a family is life's greatest blessing. 


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