What is your definition of true friendship?

This is very sweet! Thanks Paula for this. I am going to forward this. You made my day with this.

True friends are always a part of life.

I am really happy and impressed to your discussion because you have given all the information regarding friendship so it is necessary for each of one us to follow for healthy friendship, how do you know all the stuff?

Pretty juvenile rules there for friendship. I think friendship is a serious situation. There seems to be alot of acquaintances but few true friends. There are the social situations and the nare do wells. Some people don't seem to be very good friends or are big users. Those are terrible. A true friend is one that knows your history and still loves you. True friendship comes from caring and kindness and thinking of the other people and being supportive.

Wonderful question you have and if you haven't experience real friendship, you won't be able to define the real meaning of it. For me, true friends are those who accept you for your worst and offer you their best.

So very true. True friends are there for you, they laugh with you, give you a hard time, cry with you, and have fun with you. They are the icing on the cake.

Wow, that's are very good lines. I also love how the Bible's describes true friendship. It is found in John 15:13 which says "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." That's a really tall order but if I think of the real friends I got, they are indeed worth my life.

You know, I've seen this one Paula and actually wrote a long article about it. I can't find it now, but basically I thought that even though it was cute, it didn't really define true friendship. (I really wish I could find the article I wrote). I think for me it was just a few things within it that really set my taste buds back. One was the line about friendship being like wetting your pants-it just seemed as if it was saying that humiliation was the key. Not that I feel the person writing it truly meant it in that fashion, but there are better ways to describe it other then something that is humiliating to anyone who has experienced it. I also never liked the entire "I'll use little words", talk about denoting an air of condescension, as if you feel someone is too stupid for multisyballic words. I don't like the part about laughing at a friend's expense, nor about not staying with you if you are sick, or even thinking that you are whining by telling your troubles to a friend. It's funny though because a dear friend of mine is an Aussie. She's very straightforward with me, yet very gentle all in one. I think that a true friend is one that accepts you for everything you are and everything you are not. I think that a true friend sticks with you, even when you may not be the most pleasant to be around. I've been with some of my friends for so long that we've been through sickness and back together. I don't fight my friend's battles though. I don't ask friends to gang up either on a friend's enemy. Don't get me wrong, I'll protect a friend, but I won't take care of their duties. To me, it doesn't make someone stronger if you go and fight all their battles for them, or handle all their issues for them. And to be honest, none of my close friends have ever dealt with the occasional nasty people I've had in my life. They are supportive of me, but tend to let me handle my own affairs. I think that true friends are there for the long haul, regardless of issues. (If I find that article I'll post reference to it).

Will you accept my friendship?

A real friend is the person you call to share the happiness of the day or the frustration of life. And listens though you may have said the same things a hundred times before. A real friend is a person who compliments your personality, challenge your choices, and accept your regardless of the mistake in life. Happy mylotting!