True/False
T/F? Trust is not essential in friendships.
False, trust is an important element in friendships.
Your friend can and will tell you the truth instead of lying to you.
What is Honesty?
Your friend confides in you and you betray their trust by telling everyone their secret. In the future, what action could you take in building trust when your friend tells you a secret?
Keep the secret. Do not share their personal business.. Especially without their permission!
The limits we set for ourselves to let others know what we are comfortable with? This would be considered as what need in friendship?
Boundaries!
T/F Trust allows us to feel safe with friends; safe to make plans and safe to share ourselves and our lives.
True
Being consistent and dependable with your friends and being there when they need you.
What is Reliability?
You tell your friend "You can do it! I believe in you". What action in building trust would this be considered as?
Encourage/Support
Giving assistance to a friend in need, whether financially, emotionally, mentally, or physically. This would be considered as what need in friendship?
Support! It's more than just helping a friend with a task.
T/F Sharing something that a friend confided in us, can weaken the trust in a friendship.
True! You do not want betray your friends confidence.
When friends share intimate details about their personal lives with each other.
What is Being open/Vulnerability?
If your friend needs a few dollars for lunch, and you have the means to give it to them. What action in building trust would this be considered (multiple possible answers)?
Sharing, Offering help, and being considerate
Your friend gifts you a retro gaming system that you played in your childhood for your birthday.. this would be considered as what need in friendship?
Affection! This would be considered a form of gift giving.
T/F Trust is when you feel unsafe and uncomfortable around your friends.
False, you should always feel safe and comfortable around anyone you trust.
to believe that someone is good and honest and will not harm you, or that something is safe and reliable
What is Trust?
You decide to open up your busy schedule to hang out with your friend that is considered.. What action in building trust would this be considered as?
Making time
The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit? This would be considered as what need in friendship?
Reciprocity! Your friendships should be fair and mutual, meaning each person is equally involved.