Friendship

Part 1

1. What does it mean to have a friend?

   
   

2. How many people do you consider your friends?

   
   

3. What do we mean when we say "a best friend"?

   
   

4. Who was your first friend?

   
   

5. Do you have Swedish friends?

   
   
   
   

6. Who is your best friend, where did you two meet and why do you consider that person to be your best friend?

   
   

7. How do you usually communicate with your friends - social media, text messages, phone calls, meetings...?

   
   

8. How do you spend time with your friends, what do you do together?

   
   

9. How honest are you with your friends, do you tell them if you disagree with them?

   
   

10. Who should pay for drinks when friends meet?

    
    
    
    

11. Were you good at making friends as a child?

    
    

12. Are you good at making friends these days?

    
    

13. Have you made any new friends in Sweden and where are they from?

    
    

14. Do you think it is harder to make friends when one is older?

    
    

15. What is the best age to make friends and why?

    
    
    
    

16. Can women and men be friends? Why yes, or why not?

    
    

17. Do you have friends of the opposite sex and how do you spend time with them?

    
    

18. Is it difficult to control attraction to friends of the opposite sex?

    
    

19. Does marriage affect our friendships?

    
    

20. Can people of different ages become friends, and do you have such an example in your life?

    
    

Part 2

21. What are the characteristics of a good friend?

    
    

22. Are you a good friend?

    
    

23. What advice would you give a child on how to create good friendships?

    
    

24. Do you miss your friends from your home country?

    
    

25. How do you handle the situation of having different political opinions with a friend?

    
    
    
    

26. How can one betray a friendship, and do you have any examples from your life?

    
    

27. Have you had friends who you think were bad friends to you and what was the reason why you feel that way?

    
    

28. Have you ever been a bad friend to someone?

    
    

29. Should one say no to a friend?

    
    

30. Are there toxic friendships?

    
    
    
    

31. Is it possible to be work colleagues and friends at the same time?

    
    

32. Is it possible to be someone's boss and be friends with them?

    
    

33. What problems can arise if one is friends with colleagues and is there a way to avoid those problems?

    
    

34. Is it possible to be friends with one's own children?

    
    

35. Does the culture we come from affect who we choose for our friends?

    
    
    
    

36. Who were your friends in elementary school and how did you spend time together?

    
    

37. Who were your friends in high school and how did you spend time together?

    
    

38. Who were your friends at university and how did you spend time together?

    
    

39. Are you still friends with any of the people who were your friends during your school days?

    
    

40. Do friendships fail if we are not in contact all the time?

Bonus questions

41. Who do you think are better friends, men or women?

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