true friendship

2 true friends never talk too much when they are alone, but they feel their presence mutually. This is my experience at my 53 years of age. At younger age, may be, you are more enthusiastic to be talkative, but with the advancement of age, and particularly when we are meeting regularly and know everything of each other, only love and mutual regards exist; in matters of conversations, we talk on weather, politics, current events and what was cooked yesterday for lunch and dinner.

I have many friends, each whom play a different role in my life. I have categorized my friendships to give a detailed view on how I have come to know and categorize them. During the time I spent in school I have learned to classify my friends into three different categories. In the first category there are the “get together friends” I would hang out with during recess and lunch time. Next are the “social friends”, those who become your friend through others you socialize with and finally there are the best fiends”, true friend who have a huge impact in our lives. The first categories of friends are the “get together friends” these are generally friends that you hang out with but may only know each other by first names. The get together friends are the friends that you make in school, just so you won’t have to eat alone at lunch or recess and may not have any close relationship other than some one to hang out with. They are also the friends that you can’t necessarily trust not to gossip about you! You would enjoy sitting at the cafeteria table with them and sharing you lunch, but when school ends at for summer and we all go on break, you may even come back from the summer vacation not remembering most of those friends you hung out with the school year before. That’s why I say that they are get together friends. You generally just get together so that you wouldn’t have to be alone as you wait for the time to pass. The second category of friends is the “social friends” these friends are the ones you acquire through other friends. Most of the times when you go out with friends to the lets say the movies or any other public settings, most likely majority of the time you would stumble upon their other friends, as a courtesy to your friends you allow them to invite their friends to tag along. In which you are introduced to them and thus become social friends. Lastly, in this category is “best friends” these are the friends that have been with you though out your life, the ones who stuck around even after the worst of times. A best friend can be anyone that you have met anywhere. It is the time you spend together and the trust you place in them that makes them your best friend. This is the kind of friendship that can last a life time and can never be tarnished over petty things such as boyfriends or gossip. A best friend will never allow you to cope with an emotional situation alone, would never choose a boyfriend over you and would never take another persons word over yours. Most importantly a best friend is not one who will judge you, even through all the mistakes you have made! Such traits in a friendship are what consider them to be a best friend. Friendship is easy to obtain, there are many types of friends which you can meet in any setting whether it be at school, at the store, another friends’ house and even in the restroom of a public building. No matter where you go there is always an opportunity for you to make friends. Although friendship can be categorized into different types, needless to say they are beneficial in their own ways.