Making Friends Isn't Easy

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The process of making a friend is a very unique one. It depends on that person’s age, gender, and personality. Every individual is different and how they make friends differs just as much. The way I make friends depends heavily on my personality. As a timid person, I tend to first meet potential friends through family and other people. After the initial meeting, I interact with them to see what type of person they are and whether or not I think our personalities are compatible and if I think they would make a good friend. Before I can take a look at the sometimes mysterious process of becoming friends with someone, I have to reveal some personal information. I am a great believer in personality typing. I am a very introverted person. This does not mean I am anti-social, it merely means that new and non-routine interaction with others is unlikely.
Initiating the process of making a new friend is a very difficult process. This is where the concept of forced interaction comes into play. By forced interaction, I mean a situation in which another person and I are placed in an environment where we have no choice but to interact with each other such as at school in class and through family. It is impossible to be completely separate from other students in a class. I met all my friends in school, it was a place where I spent most of my time. It would be extremely rude to not interact with someone that your friend or family considers a friend. That is the way that I met a very close friend of mine and one who I will use as an example of my friend-making process throughout this essay. Her name is Sheree and I originally met her through another my god sister, Erica. We were all attending the same high school, so it was just like Erica to try to have us all become friends. But I was not friends with Sheree when I first met her. I had to figure out what type of person she was before we could become friends.
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