Question

For this discussion we can talk about voluntary and "fictional" kinship. What affects do friendship or dating or non-blood kin rituals an praxis have on your own life and what are they in your culture?

Answer 1

For this discussion we can talk about voluntary and "fictional" kinship. What affects do friendship or dating or non-blood kin rituals and praxis have on your own life and what are they in your culture?

Fictive kinship is explained by the anthropologists where the relationships that are not made up of blood ties are studied. Also, these ties are not by marriage as well. As a result the term fictive kinship is given to the relationships that we build in the form of friends. This is referred to as the chosen person or the voluntary kin. These people are extended families where there might be inclusion of religious rituals of friendship ties.

true friendship only arises when one person wants good for another person and think of their good will without the component of pleasure involved. Also, there is no component of utility. In true friendship, pleasure is not the only aspect or source of true love for one another. For me, true friendship has played a major role in life. I believe, that there are situations where one might not match with their relatives with the frequency level and the thinking, but friends are the ones whi nit in,y understand your thinking but support you in the tough decisions of life as well. In the same way, I have had friends who are more than 10 years old, since my 8th grade and we have formed such close relationships that they are more like family. In every situation and any tough decision, rather than calling a distant cousin, I call my best friends to take suggestions and discuss the best possibilities. Hence, for me fictive kinship has been more than true kinship.