Friendship....is important for you?

@codris (781)
Italy
June 18, 2010 8:00am CST
hi there people, i think taht friendship is very very important, i consider freindship on the same plane of love, they're very powerful feelings and with them we can feel sadness or happyness. But love is more dangerous than freindship and more uncertain, we can't be sure in love, never; but friendship is different, it's more natural than love and requres less attention. And what about you? do you think that friendship is important? morethan love? thank you for your responses :)
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
18 Jun 10
We cannot compare love and friendship. They are different in their places. But one think, you can have many friends but you cannot love many at a time. You should be sincere and committed to your lover. If the love breaks, then you can love someoneelse.
• Mexico
18 Jun 10
Hi buchi bulla: I agree with you. Love and friendship are in different levels, so it wouldn't be right to make a comparison. In my case I think that both love and friendship makes part of my emotional stability. We need them both. Thanks for your answer. Have a nice day. ALVARO.
@cassisto (63)
18 Jun 10
yeah..i aggre with you....friendship is one of the most important aspect of one's life. we could discuss each and evry problem with our friends.. but sometime sit becomes difficult to discuss them with ur parents or beloved..... We need friends not only in our problems butin happiness tooo...we need them in evry sphere...they are indespenseble part of our lives... though sometime it is seen that we are close to one or some other friend in particular but does taht mean that we dont need our other friends..no this is not the case.. yes friendship is more important tahn love.
• United States
19 Jun 10
I disagree with saying that friendship is more important than love, I say this because you can not have a friendship without love. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud or rude nor self-seeking. Love is not easily angered, it keeps not record of wrong doing. Love protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, Love never fails...1 Corinthians 13 verses 3 thur 13. I can find now where that the talk of friendship does not mention some form of love attached to it. An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. Taking all this in consideration that friendship is important aspect of everyone's life that is among the living. I believe friendship and love work hand in hand both require some of the same aspects.
@smartjack (520)
• India
20 Jun 10
it would be nice if the friendship turns into love. This relationship will be more stronger than friendship. Every relationship should be a mixture of love and friendship. Its great if you are marring a partner who was your best friend. The closeness is very important in every relationship. I had a best friend but later we fell in love and decided to marry. So my wife is my best friend.
• India
19 Jun 10
friendship and love both have different importance, they both are important in our life. I do not compare these two, I need friends and love of my family as well. I do not want to label one as more important over the other one, I love friendship and I love to love
• Philippines
20 Jun 10
Friendship, to me , is a kind of circle which completely surrounds another person. It takes him in with all his good and bad points. If I come to like someone and a friendship is formed, it is because I have seen something likeable and lovable and fine deep within him. Although from time to time he may do something I do not like, our bond is not broken.
@ariyanti (205)
• Indonesia
20 Jun 10
Yes, friendship is very important than love. Love just makes people sick, I'd rather have friends than to have the love of someone. Perhaps because of my love life is not good, I have an opinion like this. Companions more comfortable. Actually a friend and love could hurt equally. But the pain in the cheat love more painful, than the best friend cheated.
@dloveli (4366)
• United States
19 Jun 10
Friendship is complicated. On one hand its a gift. On the other hand it can be a nightmare. Friendships are difficult. I used to listen to one talk about the other and vice versa. Then my best friend deserted me when I really needed her. She really hurt me. I have a few good friends. I watch my back with them as well. Friendship isnt important to me as much as it was when I was younger. I rely on me. I keep to my family. I keep in touch with a few people. I think Im better off on my own. Dont get me wrong friendship can be great if you want to deal with what comes with it. All the nonsense. I DONT! Family is important to me. MY man and my girls. Thats what's important for me. Happy MyLotting dl
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
19 Jun 10
I think that both are important, friendship maybe a little more. You can fall in and out of love, but hopefully your friends are there for life. True friends love you unconditionally. There are a lot of things that you can't discuss with your love that you can discuss with a friend. Sometimes, especially in the beginning of a relationship you just don't want your love to know things so they will have a better opinion of you.
• United States
19 Jun 10
friendship very important and some times grow's into love my daddy told me on my wedding day that i just thought that i loved my husband but i was wrong i just liked him a whole lot because love grow's alittle more each day and after a few years i found out he was right my late husband and i was best friend's for about 5 years before we even thought about getting married because we both had some bad divorce and we where scared but we finally got another 15 years in before he passed and was call home. and i miss him because he was my best friend
@bettydeng5 (1822)
• China
19 Jun 10
Friendship is very important for everyone, people need love, friendship, for me, love and friendship isn't different, because you can tell everything to your best friend, but for lover, you can't tell him/her everything. So I don't think friendship is important than love, they are all important in our life.
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
19 Jun 10
Hello Codris, For me, friendship is important. You will find it difficult to have a real friend if you dont feel the love. In all relationship, love is one of the feelings that we invest. If the feeling of love is not present in one relationship, we can never show concern towards others. And being concern is a part of friendship. Aside from that, it is very hard to show and give our attention to our friend if we dont have a friendship love within. The reason why we need friends and we are making friends is almost one and the same. We all need the love and attention that we cannot find inside our own family life. Besides, no man is an island. Everybody in this world we live in needs an attention.
@ndubose (418)
• United States
19 Jun 10
I think it is good to have friends but I feel that being good friends with your companion is truly the most important when it comes to love
• India
19 Jun 10
Friends is very important in life, indeed when there are good or bad times you can rely on your good friends. Friendship is a bond of love between people who are comfortable with each other and be in the same frequency.
• United States
18 Jun 10
Friendship is very important. You need someone you can go to other then just your parents or other family. It's important to build a strong relationship with a best friend. Its good to have that kind of a bond where you can listen to each other and be able to tell each other anything because you trust them, and you know they won't tell anyone else. I would rather be with a good friend then just sitting home alone any day.
@icegermany (2524)
• India
18 Jun 10
yes i think friendship is more important as we can share all our thoughts with our friends, our feelings and desires but sometimes this cannot happen with any other people, hence friends play a important role in life and i believe it as i have experienced this. sometimes even parents become our friends after we reach a stage of life and i feel free to speak with my mom like how we do it in friendship. people fall in love and now a days there is too much of flirting and really the effected people do get hurt from this and lose heart. when we are happy we share it with friends and when we are sad also we share it with friends. what is in our heart we can freely share with friends but one thing to remember that a friend what we make should be loyal to us and not spread our secrets to anyone else which may again hurt us. really friendship is the beautifull creation and relationship in the world and it is one of the biggest gift from got and not to be misused or taken an advantage of it. i really miss my friends who are far enough to me but as closer as they are far off.
@eurekafemme (5877)
• Philippines
18 Jun 10
Friendship is equally important as love. Know the saying "No Man is an Island"? It is so true. Without friends I couldn't imagine life. I'd say friends are our alter ego. They are there when we are in happy mood, sad mood or whatever we may feel at a certain point of time. Friends and their friendship is like an extension of our family. Sometimes we share more to our friends than to our family. Love without friendship is unimaginable. And love can be as platonic as friendship. These two must exist in our lives in order for us to feel that we are truly human beings and not just mere animals thriving to survive in the cycle of life.:-)
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
18 Jun 10
I bekieve that friendships are one of the mostr important relationships we can have in our lives. We can never have enough friends. Friendships can last a lifetime. Friends are there for you in good times and bad. We always need the support of a good friend.
• Mexico
18 Jun 10
Hi codris: Yes, friendship is very important to me. My friends are all different compared to me but they have been to support me when I need them and give me good advices. I think that friendship is just another category of love, so I would never say that love is more important or that friendship is more importan. They're equally impotant and we have to make a balance between love and friendship sometimes to be happy. Thanks for asking us this question. Have a nice day. ALVARO.
18 Jun 10
Love is an integral part of any kind of relationship and yes we do even love our friends or else how can we stand their company and their presence in our lives? Friendship is important to a person just like water and food because friends feed our souls and minds with happiness and love especially when we are sad or having problems. Friendship also requires attention and cultivation for it to last and gain loyal friends. But what can be more uncertain and unnerving is when your best friend becomes your lover.Although there are a lot of advantages of having a relationship with your best friend, it is more emotionally dangerous when the realtionship doesnt work out because friendship will be destroyed; much as you both try to regain the friendship after the affair, it will not be the same anymore because one or both of you is/are hurting and longing to get back together again.
@rastogisw (445)
• India
18 Jun 10
I think both are equally important one is life and second is share and trust..normally we think that with love we can share everything but many a times it happens that it becomes very difficult to share some matter with love while with friends are like friends with whom you can share every thought no matter how it is ....but love is that which you want for yourself without which one cant live.