Convenient friendships

I have really enjoyed reading the chapters from Christakis and Fowler because I feel they are easy to relate to. In the last reading “It’s in our nature” Christakis and Fowler discussed why humans form relationships. They explained that it was a normal part of life for people to form connections. That people tend to form friendships with people that will benefit them. It also explained that people who connections and relationships have to fend for themselves. They have no one to reciprocate favors for or anyone to help them out. Forming relationships is an important part of life.

I found this particularly important when coming to college. When I first moved into college I immediately made friends with my roommates. This was great for me to have people to relate to and people to hang out with and go to things with. I always had people to go to the dining hall with and I never had to feel alone. I think the beginning of school, or just school in general would be miserable if people don’t make friends.

Once classes started I was mostly around people in my major. Unfortunately, none of my roommates or any of the friends I had made were in my major. At the beginning of school I had no one to go to classes with, no one to sit with in class and no one to help me if I had any questions about any of my classes or homework. I didn’t like this.

I noticed that as time went on I started to become friends with many people in my major because I was around them all day. Forming relationships with these people became convenient for me. Now I have made a group of friends that are in all of my classes. It is nice to have people to walk to my classes with and sit with in class. I can relate to these people a lot because we have all the same work to do. What is most helpful is that we can all talk about our classes and study together. Having people to study with is great because we can all help each other if someone doesn’t understand something. These friendships I have made prove that people create relationships with people that can benefit them. In this group of friends we are all able to benefit each other.