What is a relationship? What does a relationship mean? There are many things that a person could have in mind when they are thinking of a relationship. A relationship is a bond or a connection between two things. It could be two objects but typically it refers to two living things. More specifically, it applies to two related or unrelated people.
There are different types of relationships, as we have mentioned briefly above. You may talk about the relationship between a person and their car, a man and his dog or countless others. We will talk about the relationships between people in just a bit. First, let's talk about relationships of other things.
You can talk about objects and how they are related to each other such as a knife is related to a fork because they are both utensils and an apple is related to an orange because they are both fruits. Animals can have relationships with each other and with their owners. Animals can be related in different ways as well. They have many relationships in their lives.
When we stop to consider the relationships between people, there are quite a few. There are relationships in the sense you would think of romantically or intimately such as a boyfriend and girlfriend. There are also relationships between husband and wife. You will also find relationships among friends.
Any friendship is a type of relationship. There are also relationships between a son and mother and daughter and mother and of course, a father and son and father and daughter. There are also sibling relationships. There is said to be a bond between siblings that is very strong. This is a born relationship. There are relationships in the workplace between employee and boss and relationships in school between principal, teacher and student.
You can build relationships in your life every day. Every minute you are around someone else and interacting with another person, you are creating a relationship. How you handle the situation will determine the state of your relationship and whether it is bad or good. You can build relationships in all areas of your life; your school, job, household. You can always work at improving the relationships that you already have and growing closer to the ones you care about.
Angel Marie Parsons is passionate about relationships and is the webmaster of Relationship Time
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