Read the following text and use the words given in the box to fill in the le.
there ; real ; sticking ; about ;
are ; legally ; the ; at.
Friendship is an interesting kind of love. There's no contast (1) _______ binding you two together, there's no unspoken rule (2) _________ loving each other unconditionally, and there's no (3) _______ blinding commitment to the opposite person other than what you are willing to put in to the relationship. But maybe these (4) _______ the reasons why our relationships are so valuable. The option is always (5) ______ to back out at any time, and yet, with the really, really authentic ones, we never do.
Because (6) _____ the end of the day - after the breakups and divorces and estrangements - we choose (7) _______ companions we want in our lives, and they are the ones worth (8) _______ around for.