How do you define 'friend'? How to differ acquaintance, friend, close friend, and best friend? I was filling in a questionnaire about friendship from an actual psychology research. I was doing fine writing down my answers until I got to the questions of how many best friends/close friends do I have and how many friends do I have. I don't really know how many. I could sort of considering one or two people as close friends, but I couldn't decide how many friends I have. I'm not really bright in this social relationship thingy. Are classmates count as friends or acquaintances? How long should we hang out together for us to be friends? If I lost contact with a friend, would we still be friends? If we don't really talk anymore but at least still see each other on social media, would we still be considered as friends? How many friends are too many friends and how many friends are too little? What if I consider someone my friend but they don't? I just want to see how other people define and view friendship and their stories with friends and all that. Your thoughts about this?
How I separate friends from acquaintances : 1) If I can call them without any consideration, 2) command to come help, instead of politely asking, 3) casually grab food from their lunchbox 4) discuss porn with them like its the weather report
For me, only my family are my friends. Others are friendly acquaintances, acquaintances, colleagues or strangers.
then how do you separate close friends from average friends? surely not by physical distance, right? this is like my thoughts when i was younger... free food dispenser. yes.
Friends are like people who knows you, would have a conversation with and aren't strangers. Would friends not know each other? Are you not friends if you haven't talk to each other or know them? Do friends know you than strangers? Friends are like food, you taste them and they gave you flavor and nourishment. You can take off one of them but you can't take both. You already know how it taste, it smells and how it gives you energy.
I used to wonder about this when I was in high school until I eventually found someone I could truly call my slave my best friend and she's someone who i could. 1. Text whenever I wanted (and it doesn't feel weird even after a few months of silence) and never felt conscious about inviting to hang out with 2. Talk really personal stuff/disgusting stuff with w/o the fear of being judged 3. Never felt awkward being silent together with her 4. Know that she'll always be there
Definition of friends are subjective. To some a friend is someone will stop you from jumping off the cliff or drink yourself senseless while to other someone would jump with you or have a drinking contest and after waking up at the hospital say "what a ride pal , want to do that again?"
You got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me When the road looks rough ahead And you're miles and miles From your nice warm bed You just remember what your old pal said Boy, you've got a friend in me Yeah, you've got a friend in me
A Freind is anyone who shares a bond with me, no matter how big or small. The stronger the bond the stronger the freindship. The best freind has the best bond, the classmates have the bond of classmates, for people whom you've lost touch with, if you meet eachother again and the bond is still there you are still freinds. For example if you go to someone's wedding and meet a buddy of yours and are still freinds then the bond hasn't been broken. Its sad to see bonds erode becuase of time but it happens.
I'm not sure but in my country, literally anyone you know who isn't family is friend. Even people you don't know but belong in the same school/workplace are also friends. We literally don't have other vocabulary in our language.
It all depend on you. Definition of friend differ from each person, so there's no need to ask around.
The weirdest freinds are people who are strangers but becuase of their values and fandoms they are freinds, think of fans at a concert, church, sports club. You know nothing about eachother but becuase of the common interests you share you end up doing things together. I'm not talking about everyone but there is sometimes someone who you can say you are complete strangers strangers with, but if you where to say if your freinds or not you would put them in the freind category.
I mean, obviously there are different levels and it's hard to distinctively differentiate them sometimes. IMO, an acquaintance is someone of whom you know the basics (name, age, ethnicity etc...) of and you can talk to them. Albeit not with ease and extended periods of time, you are able to hold a conversation with them but not voluntarily go on outings with them. You would probably be polite with them. You wouldn't really do favours for them and vise versa unless it's like borrowing a pen or something. A casual friend would be easy to confide in, you can talk for extended periods time, but not constantly/daily. You not only know the basics, but some personal information and would go on outings with them. You can even ask for a few small favours and in turn do the same as long as it's within reason. For example perhaps you would borrow their clothing or something. A good friend I feel would naturally have all the above and more, you can be in touch with them more often and ask for bigger favours and vise versa, like borrowing their car etc... A best friend would have all of the above and more, being very involved in your life. The level of trust you have for them is almost akin to what you would have for a close family member. You would be comfortable living with them, be close to their family maybe, guard their closest secrets etc... It's really the level of trust you have for them that determines the depth your lfriendship imo.
I have friend. But i dont really know to define "best friend".. I had a childhood bestfriend.. but after i moved house, the last time i see him after a long time.. i kinda feel distant.. I have a few best friend in middle school, most of them dwindled and we kinda lost contact of each other. But the very few that stayed, we keep contact once in a while. We have atleast 1 or 2 group meeting every year.
very interesting. i like this friends = food. i usually refer them as acquaintances good for you! that is great! there are some good friends and some great friends *nods* oh that's a good explanation. bonds; made, erodes, broken, mends. i like that. ...we can be friends?
I view a friend as someone who I can open up to. Acquaintance is someone I meet often, but I don't go out of my way to meet. So if we meet at school, I don't meet up at the movie or something. A friend is someone I will make time for and try to meet as much as possible. I do share my contact information with acquaintances but we wouldn't talk about anything like small talk. Somewhat like a business relationship. Friends are also someone that I would be comfortable meeting in person and going places with them.