Do you feel great buying breakfast from the same familiar face every day? Well, these kinds of encounters really can make your day!
Research shows that so-called weak-tie relationships can boost happiness and a sense of belonging, even if it is just in unimportant encounters like buying breakfast from the same people or chatting with a member in yoga class.
We have strong-tie relationships like close friends or family, but we also have weak-tie relationships of casual acquaintances. Experts say sometimes it is difficult to have a talk with close friends because those conversations often come with an emotional burden. But weak-tie conversations are less demanding.
友善讓你懂｜解說：
每天到熟悉早餐店向熟悉的臉孔買早餐，是否總會讓你覺得挺開心？沒錯，像這樣的人際相遇的確會讓人感到幸福。
研究發現，「弱連結」人際關係能夠增進我們的幸福感和歸屬感，就算那些弱連結來自於許多看似不太重要的萍水相逢，例如：每天向同一個老闆買早餐、上瑜伽課時跟旁邊的同學聊聊天等。
一般來說，親密的朋友、家人是我們的「強連結」人際關係，而許多點頭之交則屬於「弱連結」。專家指出，很多時候很難與強連結的親友輕鬆聊天，因為聊天內容往往會帶來情感負擔；相較之下，與弱連結的隨意交談反而很輕鬆，因為較不會讓人耗費心神。
輕鬆帶著走｜學習：
casual acquaintance 是「點頭之交」，也就是不屬於熟悉交友圈、但卻又會常常碰到的人，例如：常去的早餐店老闆、附近咖啡店的員工等。
例句：I think this is a serious relationship, not a causal acquaintance. 我認為這是一段認真的交友關係，而非僅是點頭之交而已。
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