What is your definition of a "Friend?"

that's simple, someone you can trust.


Antony

 

I use the term liberally but only because its convenient.

There are many levels to friendship ranging from

A) people you may only know from a chatboard...I will refer to my 'friend' from FChat even though Ive never met the person

B) Friends Ive had since High School but really only talk to a few times a year and havent seen in a decade

C) Friends I see on a weekly basis but wouldnt trust them with anything important in my life

D) Friends (very few) that I would count on if I was in serious trouble or needed to be bailed out of jail.

 

Wimmenfolk can go to powder their nose and come back with a new best friend. Amazing, really.

PAP 348 - man, what a great, supportive friend he has been to many. If either of us needs help getting rid of a body, the other will be there to assist, no questions asked. Thanks, PAP!

 

I have tons of friends. I have few people I would let in my house with 10k cash sitting on the table. A friend is someone you can trust regardless of circumstances. A friend will tell you what you need to hear and not what you want to hear. A friend does what is right and not what is easy. A friend will do the right thing which isn't to be confused with the kind thing.

 

A true friend should be sitting in the cell with you.

 

A friend is someone who will willingly share either their time, money, or talent to help you without any clear way for them to benefit in the short-term for such a contribution.

The length of time one knows a friend isn't the main factor in the level of potential selfless sharing. It is the relative degree of common values and alignment with a future vision of how things should be that usually forms the bonds involved in friendship.

However, between a man and a woman, maybe sex (or the potential for future sex) is involved too.

 

+1

Pretty much sums it up for me too

 

there are 'friends' and then friends. 'friends' are people who you meet often, get on with and thats about it. friends are people who you've known for a long time and can trust to help you out. I only have 3 friends but many many 'friends'

 

Take my buddy Leon. He has been TRUE friend for over twenty years:


1) He'll do anything for me at four in the morning from anywhere on earth.
2) I can go two months without talking to him and it's no big deal.
3) I can leave him at my house with the wife for a week without any worries.
4) I can ask him for anything with no questions asked and no favors expected in return.
5) My 'status' in life can change and it will make no difference to him.
6) He can point out things about me without fear of judgment.
7) He is there for the tough times.
8) I never have to worry about living up to his expectations around others.
9) He’ll kick my ass when I’m slacking off and I’ll respect him for doing so.
10) Above all, he is non-judgmental. I am not ‘graded’ by how much less money I may make, how many expensive toys I do or do not have or how much I may or may not spend on him for a present. He knows that all of this does not matter in the true picture of what a friend is all about.

I have six Leon’s in my life (Well, two are a ‘Leon-Ettes’!). I have known all of them for more than five years. All of them know that we will all give each other tenfold of ourselves to them. That’s a true friend.

 

11. They don't cop out and send 7th grader, F.O. for ever emails over nothing.

 

12. True friends should not require non circumvention agreements between them.

 

Agreed A "true" friend is someone you'd go to war with. I've only got 2 of those. The other one took his life when I was 18.

 

I think the above pretty much sums it up. One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Proverbs 27:6, "wounds from a friend can be trusted". There are very few people in life like that. I consider myself fortunate to have 3 of them.

I am sorry for your loss.

 

A friend is sitting in one room and you are sitting in another. A cop comes in your room and says...your buddy said it was all your idea and he was forced to help. Beyond the shadow of a doubt you know the cop is lying.

 

A friend will help you bury a body.

 

+1

I've got 5 of those friends. Wouldnt change them for the world!

 

Any time, any where, any way, they give support no questions asked. They can talk you down from any impossible situation. They stay up all night w/ you passing the time while you heal. When you reach hero status they ground you and make it real.

 

A friend has nothing to do with the measurement of time. A good friend will know that.

 

Thanks.

 

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had

do you know what I mean ?

 

Yes.

 

Hell ya man, Big +1 there.

 

there's 2 categories for me.

Friends.

Close Friends.

friends are ppl whom i know, ppl whomi keep in touch with, etc. Close friends share my pain and joy, been with me for many years. people who understands me, and gives me plenty of motivation, advice, etc.

 

Lol! So true!

Anytime friend.......anytime!!