relationships

I used to think of Kate as a friend but I now realize she has been two-faced towards me.

We were business partners but now we’re bitter rivals.

She has always been my staunches ally at work. I can always rely on her to support me.

I was amazed that someone who called herself my friend could be so deeply critical of me.

Friends are people who are much more than mere casual acquaintances. True friends are always there when you need them, as you are for them. We expect loyalty from our friends, despite our faults, and should give it in return, never speaking ill of them behind their backs. As well as having friends and causal acquaintances, we have relationships with colleagues, allies and partners.

When all my other so-called friends drifted away, Jack always remained a loyal friend.

Two of the brothers have not spoken to their other brother for 20 years because of something bad that happened. I think it’s a family feud.

The kids have been unhappy since their parents divorced. They come from a broken home.

If you join a social network, you can acquire friends and build up your list of contacts. You can invite people to become your friends, and you can choose to accept new friends who invite you. You can interact with your friends by exchanging messages or posting comments on their page. You can also share photos and tag your friends. If you want to finish a relationship, you can unfriend that person.

My father died when I was nine, and so my mother was a widow with four young children. She remarried five years late, so now I have a stepfather. As he is not my real father, I call him by his first name, which is Dieter. I’ve got an elder brother called Thomas and two younger sisters.

My mother is an only child, but I’ve got two uncles on my father’s side. One is married with two children, and the other is married with three children, so altogether I have five cousins. I get on well with Uncle Rolf, and he always tells me I’m his favorite nephew.

Recently my brother got married. His wife’s name is Sabine, so I now have a sister-in-law as well.

My best friend is Florian, an old school friend. We got to know each other when we were in the same class at school. We’ve been mates ever since, and our friendship is very important to both of us. He spends a lot of time with my family, and his current girlfriend is actually one of Thomas’s ex-girlfriends. But we all get on really well.

I was still going out with James when I met my husband, Ben. We got to know each other because we went to the same gym twice a week. We went out with each other for about 18 months, and we got married three years ago, so altogether we’ve been a couple for almost five years. We’re continued to go to the gym ever since we got married, and I still quite often see James when we’re there. It’s nice if you can still get on with an ex-boyfriend or -girlfriend.