what's the definition of "friends" for you.

November 3, 2009 8:58am CST
what's the definition of "friends" for you. As we know we may know many people arround ourself. those familiar or not kinda of familiar. Will you can truly find out difference between the "friends" and "familiar" . do you know who is your really friends? why they are ? For me. i pretty know who is my friends. i know many people on my msn or yahoo manager. those people are in the reality i know. But i always add a group names "friends". in this group they are all those i take them as my friends. hmm. if you want to let me tell you why i add them or why they are my friends. i dont know the definition of "friends". i only know these people i can tell them my trule feelings. i can share them with my life. my really inside of my heart. But in this group always there is someone in or someone out. friends can not forever. so could it count friends any more? i doubt ... so what's friends. i dont know. i am confused. is there a need i need find out. why not try to take it nothing..
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16 responses
• Bangladesh
3 Nov 09
the definition of friends may be different to different people. friends is a person, with this person i feel comfort, reliable, dependable, trustworthy. and who never think to fall me in trouble. never wish cheat with me. friend always keeping special feelings and missing me from heart. they like make fun, laugh and smile but serious ,sincere and caring to me. in our life, we call so many people as a friend, but i thought all are they not friends. we just call them but not treat them as true friend in heart. wise people said that a true friend much valuable then gold.
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• Mexico
3 Nov 09
Hi cuterita: thanks for your answer, i think as those wise men that say that a true friendship it's like gold. I have little friends but and some nice people that are with me, but what i feel the most important of these friends is that they have supported me when i felt depressed i have heard wise words on them, they trust me and i do the same. As you mention there's not a way to know that a person is your real friend, we need to trust in them and how our hearts feels. It's the same as love, you can not prove that it's real but you hope so. Thanks for your answer.
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@codris (781)
• Italy
3 Nov 09
friend is a person who is kind with you, someone to talk with about everyting, love, problems, ideas and other things, it's someone you can count on every time you need, and you've to give to him the same things that you recive. There are only a few true friends, and sometimes only one true friend that become your best friend, someone with your same ideas and interests.
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@bing28 (3795)
• Philippines
4 Nov 09
Friends are people we love and enjoy talking to and be with. They are our shoulders to cry on. They are the people who sympathizes with us in our failures and the people we want to celebrate with, with our success.
4 Nov 09
hi, for me friends are the person we can lean on .. can help us to make our life happy we can share to them our problems .. we say that all of our friends our not true to us despite of the closeness youve share ..but this kind of reality in your frienship can cau lead of your life time frienship.. friends are the people we know have some bonding moment in chating, txting, talking to them,,
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@cutex87 (78)
• Indonesia
4 Nov 09
In my dictionary, friend is someone who always understand me... always be there if we need something or in trouble. Friend always talk everything truthly... never said everything behind me... That's the definition of friend for me
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@michael74 (122)
• Singapore
3 Nov 09
Hello nicholaYa, Friends are those people who listen and will try to understand you moat of the time.They are those people who are there to through thick or thin,in good times and bad times.They are the ones who cheer you up and bring a smile on your face, someone who lightens up your day,someone whom you can express your feeling s openly and tall your fears and most of all true friends are those who tell you honestly if you've done something wrong. Some people are just acquaintances(this is a ahallow one), you dont know each other personally.This a relationship not yet tested. True friends are like diamonds, They're quite hard to find nowadays but once you find them they are worth keeping forever.
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• Albania
3 Nov 09
A friend is a person who helps you. Is a person that stay with you and that you get a good time with it.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Nov 09
hi nicholaYa friends to me mean the people that I can trust, who can trust me, who would do anything for me, and I would do anything for them, who are there when you are down, and donot run away from you when you have troubles. the same whom I would help in a flash anytime day or night.Only a few fit this category for me, the ones who have always been there for me, and for them I will always be there too.
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• Mexico
3 Nov 09
Hi nichola ya: thanks for open this discussion because, you know, it6's always good to feel that there's someone who understand you, want to be with you and you can share with him or her your dreams, you trust on him/ her and you know he/she'll be always with you. Despite this, and as you mention there's no exact definition for friends, at least we can mention some of the characters that make you think this person is your friend: If there are some points in your lives that makes you feel together in a positive way, if you love to talk with him/her, if you think you can understand his feelings, if you feel that you two have built a solid relation and that you can watch yourself in the future enjoying life with that person, if you think about him/her when you want to make cool plans it's probably that this is your friend. This is not a definitive answer, simply because we chose different parameters so classify friends it's something very emotional as love is. Hope yo understand my answe and i thank you for your question, i love those posts that make me think a lot before i make a response.
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@Snow28 (23)
• China
5 Nov 09
Hi,nich. I dont think you have to find the definition of "friend". With the time past and you experience more in your life, you will find that "friend is not the most important thing in your life". If you can find yourself, you can find the answer of "friend".
@jayzelle (76)
4 Nov 09
on my own definition of friends they are the people whom you are comfortable to be with. People who will make you laugh and people who would always be there for you through thick and thin. Lastly they are the people who would guide you to be in the right path always.
• United States
3 Nov 09
A "friend" is someone that I can completely and utterly give my trust to. Since trust isn't exactly the easiest thing to come by, I have only acquaintances. They may not know that either ;] How old are you? Because for me, I am still young yet(18), so I'm sure all of the people I am associated with now will not be there for the future.
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• India
4 Nov 09
There are two kinds of friends -- fun friends and true friends. Fun friends only hang around you if you like to let yourself go - drink, smoke, dance, etc. But true friends are hard to find. They are the ones who help you grow spiritually and intellectually. They, I would not want to lose. Which doesn't mean they won't dance and sing with you.
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
17 Jul 10
Well excepting less and accepting friends for what they are..
@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Nov 09
Hello NicholaYa and welcome to my lot.I don't think anyone ever really and truly has true friends like they did when I was growing up. Back in my younger days you could tell who was and wasn't your friend by the way they acted when they were around you. I think a true friend will be there in the middle of the night when you wake up scared cause you heard something that shouldn't be there. I think a true friend will be there when your sick in the hospital and stay by your side till your well enough. I think a true friend is someone that you can lean on when things are bad or good. Someone that will stand by your side and watch your back in any situation. Some one to stand up and take your side when you need someone on your side. But will tell you if your wrong without hurting your feelings. Someone you can share your joy as well as your sadness with. Have a great day!
@sabirin (95)
• Singapore
4 Nov 09
friends mean close 2 you