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Friendship Initiation Imbalance
Are you always the one who reaches out? Check whether the pattern is a reciprocal friendship or one running on your effort alone.
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Imbalance score weighted by initiation pattern, duration, response quality, silence test, and mutual support.
Worked example
Always initiates, pattern has lasted a year, friend responds politely but never follows up, silence test produced no contact: high imbalance score — friendship running on one person's effort.
Common questions
Is it bad to always initiate?
Not necessarily — some people are naturally less proactive about contact but are deeply invested in the friendship. The question is whether the pattern bothers you and whether the friend shows up in other ways.
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