How many friends do you have?

[LordGrover]

Three, plus my brother.
Many pub/club mates, but three who I've known since we were kids.

[omgus]

Just counted:
13 "best" friends.
25 regular social contact friends.
40 acquaintances that i see fairly often through the other two groups.

Strangely i think i don't like people that much but apparently i like them more than i would have thought.

[S10GTA]

sc0tt said:

Someone who would help be bury a body no questions asked?

2.

I like this as a gauge. I've 2 people I trust with anything. One I've known for 13/14 years and another I've know for 26.

[Jasandjules]

I would say 3.

A "friend" will help you move, a real friend will help you move a body......

[bigandclever]

One.

Lots of mates, lots of people I've met at various stages in my life who I can meet up with and take off like the intervening 20 years or whatever haven't happened, but 'only' one proper friend.

[Downward]

Probably 0.
Had a good core of friends upto around aged 22. From then on things change, got married had kids full time job, studying etc.

Not really kept in touch and vice versa. Was only invited to the evening do of one of their weddings. They all came to mine though 13 years ago.

Got work acquaintances who I go out to lunch with, always had these.

[HarryFlatters]

3 that I'd class as brothers (strangely though, not my brother).

Probably 30+ that I see regularly.

[ashleyman]

sc0tt said:

Someone who would help be bury a body no questions asked?

2.

Not including my wife. 2

[S10GTA]

S10GTA said:

sc0tt said:

Someone who would help be bury a body no questions asked?

2.

I like this as a gauge. I've 2 people I trust with anything. One I've known for 13/14 years and another I've know for 26.

I asked one of them. He said yes without even asking who/why

[counterofbeans]

None, and my wife doesn't like me either.

[MX5_Nuts]

Excluding the misses I haven't really got any friends at all and I don't go out much. Sad really but I can't be arsed/haven't got time to be going out socialising.

[nicanary]

S10GTA said:

sc0tt said:

Someone who would help be bury a body no questions asked?

2.

I like this as a gauge. I've 2 people I trust with anything. One I've known for 13/14 years and another I've know for 26.

I was about to post the same sentiment. I know 2 people (both women, incidentally) who would do this for me, and could be trusted to keep schtum for ever. Now that's what I call trust, someone with whom you have a real bond.

[Rawwr]

Well I have 104 friends...

[bazza white]

One who would help out when I'm in the brown stuff and that person is my brother.

2 friends I see every now and then art from that 0 real mates any more. Girlfriend is very sociable wants to get married but I feel slightly embarrassed about number of her friends that will attend vs number of mine. I can think of 2 that I'd invite.

[Rawwr]

A friend is someone who will help you move.

A good friend is someone who will help you move a body.

I have two good friends.

[Roscco]

V6Pushfit said:

Roscco said:

I have 300+ contacts in my phone. I know who maybe 50 of them are

That's a worry

Indeed.

Perhaps I should rephrase that to I can remember who maybe 50 of them are.

Not quite so scary now

[soad]

Vocal Minority said:

By the definition above - I'd have to say 3.

Me, myself and I?

[anonymous-user]

Used to be two but now just the one that I trust implicity and can rely upon when the need arises.

The rest, I wouldn't even bother asking for help.

[anonymous-user]

Roscco said:

Indeed.

Perhaps I should rephrase that to I can remember who maybe 50 of them are.

Not quite so scary now

Still scary

[Smokehead]

Only the one. Same one I've had for 43 years.