What Are The Actual Expectations Of “Caring” For Someone Else?

This is a hard topic to go through because it varies so much by situation, but let’s give it a shot.

We encounter any number of relationship dynamics in our life, notably:

• Us and our parents
• Us and our family
• Us and our friends
• Us and our lovers
• Us and our children
• Us and our pets
• Us and our co-workers
• Us and our neighbors
• Us and ourselves

I would argue each one of those is a different form of “caring” or “love” or “commitment” at some level. We tend to kinda gloss over what “caring” really means, though. We use the word a lot, especially in major life events (weddings, newborns, the end of high school and college), but there’s no real universal definition for it — nor could there be. So the answer to the question in the headline is going to vary by situation, age, and personal emotional capacity. I still think we can explore it a bit, though.

Friend-to-friend

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