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Family, Friends, and acquaintances.

Arranged in the supposed order of closeness to a person.

Family comes first in most situations, your family should be closer to you than any other.

Though there are situations where Friends become Family.

We all mostly know the difference between friends and family but the line between a friend and an acquaintance is quite blurred.

Something happened a few months ago at my former internship place, I saw one of my coursemates there and our supervisor automatically thought we would be friends because we were in the same university and the same year. The other party sharply addressed that and said we were only acquaintances and I agreed because we aren't close.

I know some people that would have taken that personal, people tend to use the word 'friend' too loosely, we refer to everyone as friends, you meet someone one second, talk for a while and the next thing is that you refer to each other as 'Friends'.

I like to think I'm a realist but sometimes I do this, I don't know why I do this most of the time, I think it mostly has to do with trying to keep a friendly front.

I asked my friend about this one time, I asked her why we generally refer to everyone as friends, she said " to make things simpler" which I totally agree with because it can be a hassle at times trying to explain that the person is someone you met at the canteen some weeks before and how you just wave when your paths cross and are merely acquainted with the person.

I'm a firm believer in small circles even though I don't have one, I'm a very friendly person and I get acquainted with people easily. Some of my acquaintances become my friends, there's this mental line between my friends and my acquaintance, I know the difference clearly but still, intentionally call my acquaintances my friends.

Cambridge dictionary defines a friend as 'a person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family'. This outlines that friends are almost family, you're just not related by blood.

Cambridge dictionary also defines a friend as 'someone who is not an enemy and who you can trust'.

An acquaintance

Cambridge dictionary defines an acquaintance as a person that you have met but do not know well.

I strongly believe that there's a need to know the lines well to avoid blurring. I hear a lot of people say 'my friend did this to me, I never thought that he/she could, I thought we were friends'

Some of these cases would have been avoided if we stopped blurring the lines.

It prevents us from trusting the wrong people and expecting some things from them.

It's only a safety measure because a family can even hurt us more than a stranger would ever and it cuts deeper too. It's unexpected.

I watched a drama a few days ago, the main character was a crazy math genius with an IQ of 190. He had an online company that was said to be the largest. He was closed off and shouted at everyone except his brother that was the deputy CEO. His brother was his opposite, he was calm and friendly.

While his brother went on a business trip, he was at his vacation house for the weekend and he was somehow hit by a car in front of his house. He woke up with amnesia.

We later discover that he had been faking amnesia all along, he had me fooled😂 and while he was in his pool of blood after he was hit, he saw his brother that was supposed to be outside the country there, looking at him. His brother left him there and zoomed off.

It was someone else that called an Ambulance for him.

He was unsure of what to make of it so he decided to fake memory loss to figure out his brother's intentions.

We watch his brother team up with his rivals to bring him down. A perfect example of the saying 'your family can be your worst'.

It was a very emotional moment for him as I watched the person he trusted the most betray him.

That was inevitable as he was right for trusting his brother and it wasn't his fault for having a shitty brother.

Knowing where people stand in our lives can prevent getting hurt unnecessarily.

These are just my thoughts, do you have a contrary opinion? Do share it below.

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April 10, 2022.

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