The Lopsided Friendship
Some ways to assess the nature of a friendship’s power dynamic: does one person cut in and interrupt the other person while they’re talking far more than the other way around? Is one person’s opinion or preference just kind of understood to carry more weight than the other’s? Is one person allowed to be more of a dick to the other than vice versa?
A near 50/50 friendship is ideal, but anything out to 65/35 is fine and can often be attributed to two different styles of personality.
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