Interdependency and Interpersonal Relationships
Interdependency is interpersonal communication that only happens when there is something at stake, this is mutual in this relationship. During the discussion and explanation of this concept, I was truly confused. It seemed like the point was that you have certain relationships for certain reasons. I suppose it could make sense if we think about romantic relationships. Why are two people in a romantic relationship? It is because of love, right? The communication that happens between people who are dating or married is because love is at stake. I am not sure if this fits for this concept, however, I’d like to think of it as a good example.
We also talked about interpersonal relationships and how culture influences them. I thought about my best friend whom I’ve been friends with for 8 years (almost 9). We have a physical distance between us and also a number of differences in our daily lives that make it hard to see each other. She does school online, has a job, and a boyfriend she sees often. I go to school in person, have so much free time after classes, and only see my boyfriend on the weekends. These things affect us seeing each other while in college. However, we make an effort to facetime and play roblox together. This makes it to where our relationship remains as strong as it has been over the years. I think we have both always played huge roles in each other's lives. The biggest roles that we play for each south probably be giving each other comfort and advice. That is something that I truly take pride in, being the first person she goes to when there is something wrong. Being that close with her makes me the happiest I could be. She too will always be someone I go to when I am struggling with anything. Another role we play in each other's lives would be bringing laughter and joy in our lives. Our personalities and sense of humor is so similar that it just makes it so easy to joke and laugh with her. She is probably the person I have the most inside jokes with.
Maybe, we have an interdependency with each other. I don’t know what is at stake I guess. The comfort we bring to each other? I think we would still have a friendship without it. It took us so long to get to the point where we reach out to each other when we are going through it. So maybe it is not the comfort. Maybe it's joy and laughter? I am just so unsure. When we first decided to be friends at the very beginning of 6th grade, we promised to be friends forever. That was on the first day. So what if it is so much deeper than that? What if we just were interlinked? What if I just still don’t understand interdependency? It could just not fit with the kind of person I am. I connect with people without reason, I suppose. I am not sure something has to be at stake. Not that I don’t think interdependency is real. It could not exist in MY world. That is okay though, or maybe it is not. Someone let me know if that just isn’t true LOL.


















