Healthy Friendships: Can you spot them?

When you get upset with your friend, you make sure to involve others to take sides. Someone has to be right and someone has to be wrong. Period.

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If your friend needs time alone or space to think, you text them 40 times in a row asking, "Why."

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You are laughing and joking with your friend. They ask you to stop because they don't think it is funny. You apologize and stop.

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Your friendships group doesn't want to include "outsiders" or gets jealous if someone from the group hangs out with other people.

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Your friendship group encourages each other to vote on who is in and who is out.

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Your friend demands that you like the same music, wear the same clothes, or have the same activities. They make fun of you if you aren't just like them.

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It's great if your friend spends time with family or other friends. You aren't the jealous type.

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You are respectful about your friend, even when you disagree.

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I expect my friend to always give me what I ask for--phone, food, attention, homework, etc. If they don't, I get mad and hurt.

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I share everything with my friend. I don't believe in boundaries--I share my passwords, all of my secrets, my email accounts, etc.

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