How many friends do you have?
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I've just been helping out my best mate with a problem. We've been friends since we were at school together meeting 33 years ago. There's not much is not do for him, and him me.
I got thinking about friends. By definition - my definition - it's someone you can rely on, someone you can be totally open and honest with. Someone you might not see for years but you pick up just where you left off.
I reckon, excluding my wife and my in-laws, I have about eight true friends.
I know a lot of people and I am very friendly with many of them. I have neighbors who I get on great with. The last two groups kind of fall into a category above acquaintances.
My late father only had a couple of people he'd call friends yet the church was packed to the rafters at his funeral.
My wife has pretty distant friends. Ex-colleagues, and University friends.
A good friend of mine only appears to have two good friends, me and a guy he's known for decades.
In the world of Facebook we can have hundreds of 'friends' a mixture of all the above plus perhaps work mates people with a common interest (I my case cars)
So, how many friends - proper friends - do you have? Maybe you're like my Dad and claim to only have one or two but really you have a lot? Maybe you're someone who makes friends easily? Maybe transient acquauntences - the people from work or wherever - are all you want or need?
I got thinking about friends. By definition - my definition - it's someone you can rely on, someone you can be totally open and honest with. Someone you might not see for years but you pick up just where you left off.
I reckon, excluding my wife and my in-laws, I have about eight true friends.
I know a lot of people and I am very friendly with many of them. I have neighbors who I get on great with. The last two groups kind of fall into a category above acquaintances.
My late father only had a couple of people he'd call friends yet the church was packed to the rafters at his funeral.
My wife has pretty distant friends. Ex-colleagues, and University friends.
A good friend of mine only appears to have two good friends, me and a guy he's known for decades.
In the world of Facebook we can have hundreds of 'friends' a mixture of all the above plus perhaps work mates people with a common interest (I my case cars)
So, how many friends - proper friends - do you have? Maybe you're like my Dad and claim to only have one or two but really you have a lot? Maybe you're someone who makes friends easily? Maybe transient acquauntences - the people from work or wherever - are all you want or need?
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