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Cultural Differences in Friendship patterns
May 30, 2002
The common US friendship pattern
The US is a mobile culture. Friendship in the US are said to be ‘survival friendships’ because people make friends to help them settle into places. Americans move about 7 to 10 times in their lifetime. In addition, Americans also have friends they do particular activities with. For instance, they may have friends they go to films with, to golf with, to camp with etc. and these groups of friends may be entirely separate groups of people who may not even know each other.
In fact, friendships in the US are ones where there are absolutely no obligations. Friends do not expect anything of each other. In fact, an American would not ask a friend to take him/her to the airport, unless the friend was very, very close. Americans are often uncomfortable with the close reciprocity and obligation that friendship in other countries entails. Indeed, friends do not even visit or call at inconvenient times, even if the situation is urgent. And they feel free to refuse something, if it did not fit in with their plans.
Perhaps, such friend would be called acquaintances in other countries and such friendships are easily made and easily dissolved. This is probably why people are extremely pleased and surprised at their immediate acceptance by American. These friendships might also lead to the perception that American friendships are superficial and manipulative. However, Americans do have an inner core of friend, amongst whom they do feel obligation and responsibility. It is rare that people outside this inner core are accepted into that group, and if so, are accepted only after a very long time. Essentially, cultural differences are the cause of varying perceptions regarding friendships, and understanding this calls for an acceptance of an American culture, and its implications.
The pattern of friendship common in Israel
Reciprocity of obligations is what friendship in Israel mean. People grow up, go to school, army and make friends in the same area. These friendships are longstanding and deep. There are strong feelings of responsibility. In addition, friends would not hesitate to drop whatever they are doing to help another friend in need. They would lend each other money, would sacrifice for one another, and would even consider it their responsibility to offer advice on personal matters, if they do feel that their friend is going astray or needs help.
Indeed, there might be a period of formality before people become friends. There would be a wait before a new person actually feels a sense of belonging to the group. Once they become part of a friendship, then there are ties of obligation and expectations. It is this formality and this obligation that Americans find extremely stifling. Many Americans may become impatient at the formality and the long wait to be accepted. Also, for American, these obligations are only to be expected of the close inner circle of friends. In fact, Americans may even try to avoid such friendships because they find them burdensome.
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Austin City guides
www.austin360.com
http://austin.citysearch.com/
http://austin.areaguides.net/
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-10-05/boa_index.html
http://austin.yahoo.com/
http://www.utexas.edu/austin/drag/
http://traveltex.com/
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/
Austin Classifieds:
http://www.austinclassified.com/
http://www.dailytexan.utexas.edu/advertising/classifieds/today/toc.html
http://www.austinchronicle.com/class/
Used and new cars links:
http://www.carsdirect.com/
http://www.cars.com
http://www.kbb.com/
http://www.carfax.com/
http://www.edmunds.com/
http://www.consumerguide.com/
http://autos.yahoo.com/
Useful apartment guides:
http://www.aptratings.com/rate/vccbc/0/TX/Austin/_n_/15/_n_/index.html
http://www.austinforlease.com/
http://www.tiec.org/tiep/housinglist.pdf
http://www.tiec.org/tiep/housing.html
http://www.startrentingtexas.com/
Austin guides to bars, clubs, music and nightlife:
http://austin.citysearch.com/section/bars_nightlife/
http://austin.citysearch.com/section/music/
http://austin.about.com/cs/nightlife/
UT Links:
http://www.pickaprof.com/
https://utdirect.utexas.edu/mec/cis
See how your professors are graded and which one to pick
http://www.utexas.edu/tours/prowl/
The Moonlight Prowl campus tour (I signed up with a friend for Friday the 13th… spooky… thought it will be fun… 
http://www.utexas.edu/tower/
UT Tower tour
http://www.kimandkim.org/utfamily/
UT Family International Program
http://www.capmetro.org/
Capital Metro – bus & shuttle info
http://utdirect.utexas.edu/dsorg/
UT student organizations and clubs directory
About Austin
 Day Trips from Austin : Getaways Less Than Two Hours Away by John Bigley, Paris Permenter |
 Austin’s Best: An Informative Guide to the Austin Area’s Most Distinctive Businesses, for Newcomers, Residents, and Tourists Tama Ellis Adair Tracy Staton – Editor |
 Austin : A History of the Capital City (Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series, No 10) by David C. Humphrey |
About Israel
 Israel in Pictures by Steve Feinstein, Lerner Publicat Department Of Geography, Peggy Israel In Pictu Mann – Photographer |
 A History of Israel : From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time by Howard M. Sachar |
 The Foods of Israel Today by Joan Nathan |
