Sandy and I first met in elementary school. I was trying to get acquainted with moving to a new school and it was nice that Sandy took the time to get to know me. We continued to talk more once we got to high school. It was a slow process, but as time passed we began to hang out more. By the time we were involved in yearbook together, Sandy and I were best friends. Not everything was perfect though. At one point, she started becoming close friends with another person in yearbook and we did not talk much for a while. Once we were able to mediate our conflict, we became even better friends than before. When we graduated high school, we continued to hold onto our friendship. Fortunately, Sandy and I see each other on a regular basis throughout …show more content…
I make sure to ask for personal feedback about my behavior. Sandy often times provides constructive criticism as the best form of communicating what I need to fix in our relationship. I often times do not see the way I am treating Sandy or the people around me. In order for us to keep our relationship at the level we have it, Sandy and I use prosocial behaviors. I analyzed that we are polite to one another and are sure to avoid being overcritical of one another at any given time. We also tend to make it a habit to spend time together at least once a week by having breakfast together. This time frame allows me to close out what I am doing in my everyday life and focus on Sandy. As time progresses in our relationship, we each slowly tend to merge our social networks. Sandy has groups of friends in her different classes and activities that she is involved with. When she is with them and sees me in public, she takes the time to introduce me to them to me. Our shared social networks continue to get stronger each year. Our interactions and relationships with other people continue to overlap as well. I noticed that Sandy mentions many of the people she talked to recently and often times I know some of the individuals she talks