<p>but there are two ways a friendship/confidant-ship can be one-sided</p>
<p>(a) person says everything about his life, asks for nothing in return
(b) person says nothing about his life, but is a parasite off the other person</p>
<p>but it’s really a matter of the relative dispositions of the two people (and their relative needs). some people have plenty of people to socialize with and rant to (but who might be interested in getting to know someone “different”, with a “different perspective”). such relationships do have a risk of falling though (especially once the person has a sense of the other’s perspective and doesn’t really need it anymore).</p>