Super Friends

Being a college student, my friends are the core of my life, the essence of my being. Without my friends, I would be in the library every night and never out doing anything social. To quote Jerry Maguire, they complete me. There are a handful of people I would consider my actual friends and many, many more that I would consider to be just acquaintances. One of my roommates are so close that what Aristotle says about no longer choosing to live would be true. She and I study together, work out together, talk about our problems, and are just always there for each other. She is my friend soulmate. I could imagine my friendship with her ascending to the level of Friendship of Virtue. I think if we stay as close of friends as we are now for the next few years after college, then a Friendship of Virtue will be accomplished. We've helped each other through a lot so far and if we're with each other through getting our first jobs, getting married, and having children, then the friendship will be complete. I never imagined becoming such good friends with someone in college, but I am so happy that it happened.

What I have found interesting about college is that it is just an extension of high school. People are still immature and mean and make fun of people who they consider "unpopular." I am by nature a friendly person. I strongly believe in only being rude or dismissive to someone if they truly deserve it and have something to be rude or dismissive to me or someone I care about. And even then, I sometimes hate that I can become rude because I don't want to sink to their level. Either way, over the course of my college career I have been present when several people are being picked on. The place I have noticed it the most is in the caf, when everyone is there. Some of my friends like to point out people who dress differently or are socially awkward and sit by themselves at lunch. They have slowly learned over time that if they start to make fun of those people, I will get pissed and usually end up leaving the table. When a person has done nothing wrong to you, there is absolutely no reason to make fun of who they are. They can't help it. Everyone is different and there's nothing wrong with that. I have a very short temper and like Kyle, I have reacted to situations emotionally several times before. Not the situations I was discussing above, but other ones, like when my friends are called names or spoken about rudely. I have absolutely no patience for it and I have lost my cool several times. Sometimes I have had to be taken away from the situation before it is made worse. Most of the time though, I've just felt bad about myself for having sunk to a lower level just because my buttons were pushed. It's definitely something I need to work on.