I'm sure we all can think of a time when we had a friend who we became extremely close with, someone who was there for us in our time of need, no matter the hour. This bond is something unbreakable, especially when it hits the stage in its evolution when they know almost everything you're thinking before you can even say it. This closeness is admirable beyond the highest horizons.

Now take a step back, looking at this image you can imagine that this closeness can be fictional. But to be honest, in all my years living, I stand to defend this form of friendship - acknowledging that such does indeed exist. The interesting thing between this form of friendship versus a more casual form of friendship is the boundaries. Getting to know a person can be an extravagant experience, but it can also be a dangerous one. Getting closer to another person means you're letting that individual into our life. They now have valid information on your life and a formulated opinion on you in your experiences.

With that being said, being friends on this level requires an almost even stricter set of boundaries. Why? With this person having a legit connection with you, depending on how close you both are, they know you. And knowing you means that they should know which buttons not to press or which lines never to cross. This is where we begin to level out to the other side of friendship: having associates.

Having associates is more of a comfortable distant relationship, which usually does not involve the consistent contact or closeness similar to what is described above. That is when you begin to differentiate the two. With the associate, there lies a brief level of discomfort and careful maneuvering to avoid stepping on the other person's toes. Specifically because, being an associate, you literally have no clue what could set the other person off. Being a person prone to being set off by the slightest level of disrespect, even if deemed acceptable, that is a boundary or line (whichever you want to call it) that should not be crossed.

Upon my first arrival to the school, I've had the chance to meet and greet with a lot of cool people, I've also gotten the chance to take witness to the lesser, more offensive side. Now I'm the first to say I never took lightly to black jokes, but when you have the audacity to continue even when it's been made clear then you disrespect for the boundaries I laid out as a human being, that tells me that you in total do not care about me as a person and deserve the rightful distance handed out simply before you receive my backhand.