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what would you say is like the best

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quality of your other person oh this is

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interesting oh

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god oh dear

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oh we're a brother and sister so we met

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when you were born yeah we met on a

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tennis court would you two consider

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yourself friends oh definitely yes yeah

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while we're on camera yes and what do

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you two like enjoy doing together then

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as friends probably just meeting up

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meeting up hanging out yeah coffee yeah

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bitching about Mom and Dad

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yeah honest in a kind way I'd say and

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you feel like you can be that way with

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each other like you can

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100% has happened

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before we have such laughs yeah

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hysterical laughs in hysterical places

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my thought is very calm and Collective

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and

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rational and

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uh the other Dolson is a bit

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different hi everyone welcome to a new

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episode of easy English so Sumer finally

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arrived in the UK and people are out in

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their numbers on the beach so I thought

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it' be fun to make a part two episode of

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how people met their best friends before

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at the end of the video here we go how

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did you two first meet uh we met at aex

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where we work together as Veterinary

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nurses oh really yeah that's great um we

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met in secondary school and we've been

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in the same like chter since we about 11

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or

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12 and over time we sort of just got

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closer and had like mutual friends so

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yeah that kind of brought you together

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the mutual friends yeah we're a brother

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and sister so we met when you were born

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yeah could you tell me uh how you both

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met okay you go go okay well Sue and I

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both play tennis and we met on a tennis

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court you go first oh okay we met um at

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a clinic that we were both working at in

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Brighton okay and so are you both

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medically trained people what do you say

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Clinic therapeutic trtic yes we are

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therapists well I'm a psychotherapist

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you I'm a retired counselor

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okay well we were working a long time

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ago at the serpentine Gallery in

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Kensington

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Gardens and there were a lots of gallery

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assistants there and we were just

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Gallery assistants sort of first first

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job after leaving College really um so

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we met at work actually didn't we yeah

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yeah we were both working at a pet shop

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and oh really yeah that's how we met

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yeah me and the Pet Shop there and

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Lara's a grma oh so this is my dad

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um what would you like to say say about

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yourself and this is one of my daughters

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I've got two very nice and could I ask

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would you to consider yourself friends

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oh definitely yes yeah while we're on C

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yes then the next question would be at

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what point did you two become friends do

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you think um pretty soon I thought you

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were pretty cool and what's the age

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what's the age difference seven years

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years okay yeah okay when did you

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realize your friends with your daughter

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when did you realize you're friends with

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your

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dad uh uh it took a little while but um

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we went away for a little while and it's

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come back yeah so that was nice yeah so

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episode what would you say then is the

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other person's best quality

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then um I would say

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you're very trustworthy and reliable I

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can always rely on you you're always on

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time you always would do anything for

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me I'm happy to go first okay I think

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you're a very good listener a thank you

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all

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right no pressure

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now she's very patient and understanding

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with me

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she's very levelheaded and I'm

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not oh that's that's yes what would you

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say is the other person's best feature

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or quality as a

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friend well Ellie's just lovely inside

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is Sue she's just so we love each other

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she's full of life she's non-judgmental

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and she's always on time so yes yes yes

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I can always rely on her completely oh

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what we were just talking about it

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really honesty honesty and sense of

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humor well we share a passion for the

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creative arts so we will often on our

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walks talk about different art movements

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or what we might be working on ourselves

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um or what we're teaching for those of

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us we both teach art to different age

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groups but um so

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I think it's a

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shared um shared interest what would you

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say uh is the other person's best

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quality as a friend

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oh I think just very non-judgmental you

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can just share anything with Lara she'll

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never judge you just have a good old

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gossip

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definitely and in return what would you

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say no press definitely the same and I

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think she's like a very loyal friend and

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she's always there if you message her or

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need should always be there for you so

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right but my thought is very calm and

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Collective and rational ah and

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uh the other dols is a bit

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[Laughter]

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different very diplomatic yeah yeah I

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just say my dad was very

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supportive and always there always

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trying to problem solve and help where

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he can I would say that you are are very

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very kind and caring and someone that's

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really thoughtful and thinks about

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everyone's sort of situation and

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feelings no matter the scenario oh

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that's really nice so you're you're

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really on time and you're always there

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and you're really attentive that's great

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that's a good that's a good like makeup

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no I would say the same yeah I think

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you're very good listener very good

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given advice as well

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um I don't like being put on the I know

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um she's very reliable and very Trust

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worthy and yeah I would trust her with

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anything that's great what would you say

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is like one of the most important

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features of being a like a good friend

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to someone then you just mentioned two

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but is there something that really is

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the most important one um I think I

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think probably listening to someone is

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really important and always being there

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I think is important and being reliable

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and I also think being honest is a big

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one even if it's a bit nerve-wracking

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what you want to say but I think in the

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end it's easier to be honest it will

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work out better yeah honest honest in a

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kind way I'd say and you feel like you

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can be that way with each other like you

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can

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100% has happened

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before Oh I think being down to earth

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okay yeah being like a genuine person

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yeah just someone that you can always

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rely on I don't know what word that

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would be reliable reli

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yeah yeah yeah reliable down Rel

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whatever situation you're in you can

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count on them I think

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Honesty yeah and not to judge no

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judgment in friendships I think you just

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take them as they are okay but with with

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your honesty would that counter at that

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point because maybe you'd say like you

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need to would you be honestly beyond the

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point of being nice in a sense you know

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I think if you're very good friends

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sometimes it's pays to be cruel to be

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kind yeah and is that going on in this

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friendship as well sometimes

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would you call each other out yeah yeah

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100% yeah being able to be yourself yeah

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being able to be yourself and and I

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think the other thing is Ian and I we

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don't see each other that often but we

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always just

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shush we just sort of pick up don't we

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where we left off

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commitment um I would say a shared

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passion yeah um and humor yeah

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definitely a sense of humor I mean when

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there all of us fall together we have

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such laughs yeah know hysterical laughs

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in hysterical

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places patience yeah just being honest

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and honesty is the best thing for me I

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think that's probably why and yeah open

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communication yeah she's a very open

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Communicator yes you call it out

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absolutely yeah that's good though right

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you know where you stand what is the

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most important part of that

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communication is it the speaking bit or

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the listening bit both yeah it's having

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a conversation yes it is one speaks the

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other one speaks yes but I would I would

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actually say more listening because most

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people I know don't listen um they

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pretend to and they don't remember or

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they yes yes or they just talk about

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themselves I know so many people who

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just talk about themselves who just take

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over and to me that isn't friendship no

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friendship's all about give and take

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either in conversation or in gestures

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absolutely helping each other out yeah

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it is yeah if you had to guide someone

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as to how to become a friend with a a

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parent or a family member how would you

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how would you do this uh how do you

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break down that kind of family barrier

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you have to be patient take your time

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really yeah I think you have to

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acknowledge that it's a different

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relationship as adults right and respect

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that and yeah you kind of learn to have

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a different relationship when you're a

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child thanks for watching this week's

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