2. Relationship vocabulary and social maps

Spot the difference between stated agreements and unspoken assumptions about time, privacy, loyalty, affection, chores, money, or communication. Practice turning a vague expectation into a clear sentence someone could confirm, question, or renegotiate.

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Use closeness as a relationship variable instead of a simple yes-or-no category. Compare emotional closeness, practical closeness, shared history, physical affection, and day-to-day contact so you can describe why two relationships with the same label may feel very different.

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Describe commitment as a pattern of priority, follow-through, and willingness to keep investing in a relationship over time. Compare commitment in friendships, family, dating, partnership, teams, and care relationships without assuming every bond needs the same level.

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Recognize reciprocity as the back-and-forth of care, attention, help, respect, and responsibility. Practice telling the difference between a temporarily uneven season and a relationship pattern where one person consistently gives while the other mainly takes.

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Break trust into observable parts: honesty, reliability, care, respect for privacy, and good judgment. Practice naming which part of trust is strong or weak in a relationship instead of treating trust as one vague feeling.

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Use boundaries to describe what kind of access someone has to your time, body, information, space, attention, and decisions. Practice matching a boundary to a relationship role, such as what you might share with a close friend versus a coworker or casual acquaintance.

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Name common conflict states: disagreement, tension, misunderstanding, resentment, rupture, and avoidance. Practice describing what is happening in a conflict without jumping straight to blame, diagnosis, or a final decision about the relationship.

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Identify repair as the work that happens after hurt, tension, or broken trust. Compare apologies, clarification, accountability, amends, changed behavior, and reconnection so you can name what kind of repair a situation actually needs.

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Sort support into emotional support, practical help, information or advice, companionship, encouragement, and emergency backup. Practice matching a real need to the kind of support that would actually help, rather than expecting every supportive person to help in the same way.

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Use strong ties, weak ties, and bridging ties to describe different kinds of social connection. Reason through why close relationships provide depth, while looser connections can offer information, opportunity, community access, or a lower-pressure sense of belonging.

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Create a simple social map by placing people in inner, middle, and outer circles based on closeness, trust, contact, and support—not just official labels. Practice noticing who is central, who is nearby, and who is present but less emotionally involved.

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Mark each relationship on a social map by the main kind of connection it provides: emotional, practical, shared activity, advice, care, fun, identity, work, family duty, or crisis support. Practice seeing that a healthy life usually needs several different kinds of connection.

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Notice when one person is carrying too many roles or when an important kind of support is missing from your network. Practice identifying overload, isolation, one-sided dependence, and possible places to widen support without demanding that every relationship become closer.

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Map relationships that live partly or mostly through texting, social media, gaming, group chats, video calls, or online communities. Practice distinguishing real connection from constant access, and name how digital contact can strengthen, blur, or strain relationship expectations.

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