ALEX ENGELBRECHT

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ALEX ENGELBRECHT

Networks of kinship

7 Apr 2024, 11:41 Publicly Viewable

The term 'networks of kinship' can be described as social relationships between people who are related or not related. it can be partnership, adoption, blood relatives or friends that forms a great part of your life.

I have a great relationship with my family, all of us would rather sit down at a table and spend time with one another instead of locking ourselves in our rooms and wasting our bonding time by being on our phones. I absolutely love that about my family, it's safe to say that I would take a bullet for them any time of day. Since we are a family of 8 living in one house, we help each other wherever help is needed, I always help whoever is cooking, prepare the food. 

As for my close circle of friends, I always confide in them, and they always confide in me. I have been told that I am a very good listener and that I give great advice when it comes to personal problems that they might have, but that is only because I can relate to them in that aspect. We have a very strong relationship, and we share everything with one another. They are the people I always include whenever I plan on going out to a restaurant, club and so on. I only have four close friends, but all of our mutual friends see us as a package, they already know that if only one of us get invited to something, all of us would show up invited or not. 

I have quite a few distant friends, they are the people I usually greet when walking past them and sometimes have a quick conversation with. They are mostly people I have known for a long time, but never really went out of my way to conversate with or make plans with. a Few of them are closer to me than others, but still not my 'go-to' group of people, only when my closest friends aren't available. I would reach out to them from time to time to hear how they're doing, but that's most likely all I do to engage and to some extent maintain the friendship between us. 

I would say that, by taking into consideration of all the networks we have with different groups of people it is evident that human connection goes to a deep extent.