h.w 56

1) What are the benefits of being someones friend before jumping into a romantic relationship?

A) The benefits of being someones friend before being in a relationship is that You get to know the person more and how they would react to certain things..but when ur friends with someone u don't show how u really are sometimes...it usually changes when ur in a relationship

B) I guess you get to know the person better. You get to figure out a lot of stuff about them and then decide of the person is good for you. If you just jump into a relationship, you will not be educated about your partners likes and dislikes and their background. What if they are just playing around and want something out of this relationship just for them self.

C) The advantages of being friends first is that you get have a different understanding of the person and when you are in a romantic relationship there with someone there will be less "fakeness" between you too. Both of you will be less likely to act a certain way to impress each other because you kind of have a sence of who each other is.

2) How do you know when you fully know a person?

A) You can tell when u fully know a person cuz just by the facial expressions they make or how there acting u can tell how there feeling...or when someone ask you a question about them u can asnwer quickly

B)When you are able to connect with them in many ways, and you are able to easily describe them. You need to know their likes and dislikes. You also need to know about their friends and family to be able to know who they really are.

C) I think you can never fully know who someone is. You can understand the person they portray themselves as. Closer friends might be able to distenguish between the self you portray and the self you are less likely to show most people. Even closer friends understand how you think and even if you react to a situation a certain way they know if that's how you really feel or if that is just how you are pretending to act.


3) What do you feel is the #1 key to a happy relationship regardless if it is friend or aqaintance based?

A)The number one key is honesty and trust

B)hmmm, thats a hard question. I guess the number one key to a happy relationship would be total honesty. If you have a relationship filled with a lot of lies then the relationship is fake, and your just too afraid to face the truth. Then later on when your partners finds out about the lies it will cause many problems.

C) Most people would say trust automatically to answer this question. In theory trust is very important but people can say they trust people but may not truly ans fully trust someone.

SURVEY QUESTION: IF THERE IS TRUST IN BOTH A FRIENDSHIP BASED ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND A JUMP-INTO-A-ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, THEN YOU CAN HAVE A HEALTHY HAPPY RELATIONSHIP OVERALL