Friendship Rules

I found this in my human communication textbook. I think is quite meaningful and useful to us.

"Friendship rules include such behaviours as standing up for your friends in his or her absence, sharing information and feelings about successes, demonstrating emotional support for your friend, trusting and offering to help your friend when in need, and trying to make your friend happy when you're together(Argyle &Henderson,1984; Argyle, 1986). When these and other rules are followed, the friendship is strong and mutually satisfying. When the rules are broken, the friendship suffers and may die. For example, the friendship would be in trouble when one or both friends are intolerant of the other's friends, discuss confidences with third parties, fail to demonstrate positive support, nag, and/or fail to trust or confide in other.

According to friendship rules theory, then, maintaining a friendship depends on you knowing the rules and having the ability to apply the appropriate interpersonal skills friendships require (Trower, 1981; Blieszner & Adams, 1992).

Citation : DeVito. J.A(2010). Essential of Human Communication (7th Edition).

"Through miles may lie between us

we are never far apart

for friendship doesn't count miles

its measured by the heart"

"your friendship is a gift

I enjoy opening every day."