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my friend was telling me a phenomena about human relationships and how it all goes in a vicious cycle...

we start off trying to get to know everyone better, thread on unknown ground to test each other's limits and know each other's Achilles heel. Slowly after a while, we get more comfortable, we start fooling around, we start deep and serious conversations about each other's lives and we start putting that bit more trust in these people. As we get even more comfortable, we start telling people about our lives, about little things like what we had for dinner and bigger things like work, ambitions, dreams and fears. Along the way, we understand more about these other people. At the same time, we understand more about ourselves. Sometimes it's also easy to overlook this sense of trust and companionship we've built up. Sometimes we take one another for granted, sometimes we assume one another should know what we're thinking even without us telling them, sometimes others assume the same about us. then we drift apart slowly and this cycle starts again with a new group of friends...

interesting huh? i've thought about it before but never really put it down in writing... human relationships, that's why they are so important and so precious. cos there's no set formula and no one right way of doing things. and that's what makes it all the more interesting and challenging. =)

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