Relationship

Introduction “Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”- Randolf, G. The quote above explains to a great extent the value of friendship and particularly good friends in one’s life. Relationships are a significant aspect in everybody’s lives, if not the most significant, and friendship happens to be the most cherished of them all. Friends are people whom one can confide in, someone who are there in times of need. We tend to share a lot of things with our friends and consider them to be our closest associates. Nowadays, cross sex friendship or having friends from the opposite gender is a very common phenomenon. It can also be seen that both males and females are able to relate to each other well as friends. However, there are very rare cases of clear friendship between a male and a female. It can be seen in most cases that the closer a boy and a girl gets, it becomes more difficult for them to keep their feelings purely platonic without one/both experiencing deeper feelings for the other. Trust and understanding are the two most important factors that give birth to deeper feelings between two individuals and these two features are of vital importance to a friendship as well. Furthermore, the media always does have a say in our relationships nowadays. The media has been able to shape our perceptions regarding different aspects of life, from our allegiances in war to our allegiances in a Presidential Election than why not our preferences and perceptions regarding relationships? It is not necessary that the person(s) have to work on that attraction or express their feelings. The attraction which develops may fade overtime, remain or may be the precursor of a relationship. However the friendship may turn out, in most cases there is no such thing as a platonic relationship between a boy and a girl during the course of their friendship and such perceptions can be greatly influenced by the media. A very popular quote by an