What kinds of relationships do you have that enhance your status within your various communities?

This is about what kinds of people you know and how you know them. My intent is to get at this notion of social capital. We are familiar with notions of financial capital and political capital. These are resources we inherit or otherwise acquire that enable us to leverage resources to do things.

Social capital builds on relationships. There are many different kinds of relationships—some based on trust; some based on expertise; some based on just knowing someone’s name; and many other kinds of relationship.

To start with, I would like to know what kinds of relationships you have. How would you categorize them? If you want to go a step further, please explain how these different kinds of relationships provide support for you in your life.