Etiquette for Befriending a Friend's Friend

Don’t forget where your friendship came from; i.e., your original friend.

If you want your friend to welcome your friendship with her friend, it is essential that you follow these rules

By Cazzie David

Throughout my life, I have introduced many people who have become close friends. I’ve connected new friends to old friends, work friends to childhood friends, family friends to college friends, and so on. I am, for the most part, totally happy for my friends to become friends. I’m chill! Everybody knows that about me. There have been other times, however, where I have been less than pleased (i.e., regretful of every day that has passed since introducing them). Watching your friends ride happily off into the sunset together can be triggering, but the way in which they go about riding off determines whether or not the trigger is fully pulled, and whether they’re aiming the gun at your leg with a tourniquet nearby, or directly into your face. READ ON