Posted by gr8dude on 2008 Jan 24, Thu in Thoughts
This story is about friendship. We all have friends, some of us have many friends, some have only a few. Sometimes when we think about them, we realize that not all of them are "equally good", and so, the two categories are born: friends and acquaintances. Let's try to go further, and see what else can be found out.
I've separated them into several common types:
- classic friendship
- friendship between two lovers; which is a relationship between a boyfriend (bf) and a girlfriend (gf)
Although this taxonomy is focused on social connections between men and women, it also works with man-to-man and woman-to-woman connections (note: I do not refer to gay/lesbian - that's beyond the scope of this article).
I thought that we should categorize them by separating which elements the relationship relies on. Here are the types I've found so far: