What is a "companion"?

"Taking your partner as a new social relationship" has become a hot topic on the Internet.

The so-called "companion", according to some people's interpretation, means "shallower than friends, more important than colleagues or classmates, and focused on the precise companionship of a vertical subdivision." For example, if people want someone to watch a drama together, they can find a "drama partner", if they want to travel together, they can find a "travel partner", and if they want to play Frisbee together, they can find a "frisbee partner". ...

We allocate different benefits to different partners. Once the activity is over, everyone goes back to their own lives, often without deep friendship, until the next time we become each other's "partners" because of the same interests.

The need for interest and sociality.

The existence of "companion" relationship first reflects the social needs of contemporary people.

No matter how city life evolves, how individualistic consciousness thrives, and how sensitive people are to boundaries, we can't change the fact that people are social animals: we are in a ubiquitous social network and need communication, interaction and recognition.

Many things, including our hobbies, cannot be accomplished by one person, but are needed and needed by others. For example, playing a hearty football or playing a frisbee that makes you fly requires teams and teammates. At this time, there is a "partner". So to be exact, the relationship of "partner" existed long before the naming of "partner" appeared.

In the Internet age, many barriers and obstacles in time and space have been broken, and people can establish social relations more conveniently, which creates excellent conditions for people's interest to "upgrade".

Before the Internet age, if we liked reading and writing, it was difficult to find a "partner" around us quickly, so we had to try clumsy methods, such as "collecting pen pals" in newspapers and magazines, writing letters to pen pals far away, and waiting for a letter to slowly cross Qian Shan.

The Internet age makes it easy for us to find the "circle of interest" and get in touch with it.

If you like to follow the drama, we can join the troupe to find "drama partners"; If you like Frisbee, you can look for Frisbee partners in the "same city" of social platforms ... The existence of Frisbee partnership not only meets our needs for social relations, but also gives a support to our hobbies, which inspires us to deepen our interests and explore new things.