What do you call "Friends"?

I had some people i know who called everyone they know friends, everybody who is friendly, or only a handful of people they trust in as friends.
Once a middle school teacher told me "there is a huge difference in Buddies and Friends.... the people you call friends might not be at all".

What do you Fakku users define 'Friends' and 'Buddy'? I seem to be the type who only have a handful(6) that i can call friends. How about all of you?

Friends are people who you generally joke around a bit with. Close friends are people who you'd feel comfortable with telling things about your home life and the things that are wrong in your life. These people are generally quite rare. Or maybe that's just me.

I define 'Friend' as anyone who I can carry a good conversation with or whose company I enjoy.

'Close Friend' is anyone who I can have a good, lengthy discussion with, and share many common interests.

'Best Friend'. There is only one. 'Blood Brother' or 'Soulmate' are also applicable terms, I suppose. There are no secrets. You trust this person with your life.

As for people who I get along just fine with, but only see them maybe once every few years or so- they're either just 'Pals' or- if I don't see them for 5+ years- 'Old Friends'.

Yeah- I can be very specific.

friends are the people you could trust with anything and you know deep down that they wouldn't betray you for anything or anyone. While Buddies are people you hang around with and crack jokes with you may like um and all but if you don't trust them they are not your friends.

People that will give me money, no strings attached. The more money they're willing to give me if I ask (or better yet, not ask) in relation to how much money they can afford, the better the friend they are. I'm not talking about a couple of bucks. Think of a guy giving you few hundred or thousand dollars, when they're just flipping burgers or unemployed. _that's_ a friend.

Seriously.

The thing here is that people are greedy. When someone is willing to overcome their greed for you, that is a friend, especially if they're not rich themselves. It goes beyond simple trust -- people you trust, you LEND money, not give money to. People who are willing to give you money (again, depends on how much they make themselves) are people who care and love you. Parents will give you money. Your spouse will give you money. Your siblings _might_ give you money. Only your closest, dearest friends will give you money.

Damn you're greedy. Do you ever give money away like that?

For me a friend is some one who I've know for a year and willing to hangout with.
Close friends are those one who stood by the darkest and lightest of times and are quite helpful without asking.
And the best friends are those who know help,fight,laugh with you even when you messed up so badly you've lost an arm.

lol Sounds like House man.

For me a buddy usually means a friends friend or someone I barely know. A friend to me usually is measured with a combination of yrs and trust. I tell them whatever I basically feel like and after a while I can probably get them to be a bit more serious with the conversations. A best friend for my is usually someone I've known for a long time(usually 10yrs - 5yrs), spent the night there mulitple times, ate food at their place, and have gone through their shit. And if I can tell them a secret and they keep it they're worthy of being the few I wanna keep.

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Getting back on topic, there are some friends who come and go. Examples include your friends whom you know in school but lost contact after graduation. On the other end of the spectrum, there are friends who will remain part of one's life for a very long time.

Real friends are very hard to come by. I consider having a few close acquintances, rather than "friends".

A friend is about a person _giving_ you stuff without asking for something in return. The point is that a friend is someone who is willing to share what he has with you. Money is simply something quantifiable and concrete.

You have a very funny understanding of the word "greedy."

And the answer is yes. I have given and received money like that. How about you? How much have you sacrificed for a friend? How much have your "friends" sacrificed for you?

People who will stick by me, respect my opinions and choices, but that wont hesitate to stop me if they think I'm doing something wrong. Also, we have to share some common interests and I have to be able to converse comfortably with them.

Hmmm... People I can share my thoughts and ideas to, my feelings, and will stick by my side when things get rough. That sort of thing. ^_^

i only call a few people friends and those are the people i trust and can tell them anything the other people i hang out with are just acquintances

Very true statement NeoStriker. The word "friend" is a very commonly misused term.

If you know a person yet you don't delve furthur than the occasional talk and drink, they're "acquaintances." Basically only knowing the tip of the iceberg of a person and their personality.

If a person you know talks to you often enough, you share information and personal life, that is classified, you are "friends." Essentially knowing past the tip of the iceberg of a person but not knowing the entirety. This is where most people are in many people's lives.

If a person you know can share ANYTHING and you can share ANYTHING with them and not feel uncomfortable, this means you have scored a "TRUE friend". Things will never turn bad no matter what happens. This is the rarest :S

Its a shame but I have many aquaintances, a lot of friends but only 3 true friends. Friends are actually not that easy to come by. Congrats to the people who have more then my amount of true friends!

Xbox live friends ;)

In all seriousness I have few friends I'd actually hang out with, not those people with your friends that randomly show up to your house to watch UFC with.

Never really thought about it to be honest. My friends are just friends and I know they are my friends because I just know. I don't differentiate between my friends that I know in real life and those that I only know through the internet, so there isn't even that.

This may sound a bit confusing to some people, but a friend to me is someone you can DOUBT. The reason is that the way I was raised led me to believe that to trust someone is to give up trying to understand them. To become a FRIEND it is usually true that you can trust, but still doubt them.

I don't have friends... I have Enemies...

This.