How Important are Friends to you?

hi isloo, Real and true friends are important to me because they are like a second family Sometimes there are things we can share or say to them that we can't tell to our family Even how busy we are we really tried to have bonding even once in awhile. happy mylotting

Yep, my friends are important to me because being with them just destresses me. After a piled up work for the day, sometimes I just hangout with friends and all the stress just disappears.

My best friends are my family. Friends mean the world to me and help me out a lot. For that i am thankful. I couldnt deal without friends in my life.

My family will always be there for thick and thin. But having good friends is very important esp when you live far from your family. I lived alone here in the metro city with my kids,and my family/siblings and relatives are 6 hours drive away from where i lived. It's not easy for my family to come in case of emergency,and in such situation,my friends are always around and never failed to give me a hand. I can say that,my friends are my family most of the time and wealth more than gold. happy Sunday

yes... i dont have my family here so all i can rely on are my friends. It would be totally depressing if I lost them because then I would be living my life alone

Friends are my necessity just like my own family is. We live in a community where everyone is involved in adding colors in peoples lives. Be it bad or good they affect us somehow in helping us to grow. And like my very close friends we can share fun with our children and can ask for advice in situations that I would be shy to tell my family to. Besides, we cannot avoid having some because they are just about every corners of our lives.

Hello! I do think that friends is something really important. There are amny reasons for that but I think that the strongest reason is the fact that you must have people you can talk to and to have fun with. The life is not all work and money and humans must have a friendly connection with other people in order to feel good with themselves. This is what I think and I really need my friends in my life. Best wishes :)

I do personally feel that friends are important. It's nice to have people to have around that aren't part of my family. I'm really not sure what I would do if I didn't have friends to hang out with, and such.

My answer is YES friends are very important in everyone's life.Now a days relatives are greedy and selfish, but when it is friends its totally different they give value to friendship and then later the needs..I wont say all friends are true but when compare to relatives friends are best.I have best friends who will be with me and care for me, so its really important to have good friends at any point of life.

My friends are very important people in my life. they are an extension of my family. sometimes there is something that is more comforting to confide in with a friend than a family member.

My friends are very important to me. I am disabled and need a lot of help and my friends help me out. I never thought I would be in this situation, but I am very lucky to have good friends that I can rely on!

Personally I have a mix of "friends" some are true and while others are simply just "friends". I have made some really great online friends and often wonder how come they are truer then the offline friends I thought I had. What makes them true friends for me is that they do not condition me and will immediately place constructive criticism. I don't need only people to agree with me but more people who care and make sure that others do not embarrass me in any way, as they are willing to point out any flaws with the intent to help me so I can grow along with life.

To me, friends are very important. Without them, I would not feel happy. Making friends is easy, but it does not guarantee they will always be there for us. I have some real friends, I did not hesitate to share, because to me, a true friend is more important than a brother. It's obvious I'm experiencing. Nice day

My answer is Yes. It is base on the idea that no man can live alone. I know that family and work are also relationships but they are coupled with responsibility and obligation. And friends are friends, the time you spend with friends are for pure enjoyment and that relationship with them doesn't require much obligation or responsibility. You have friends because you share a common interest and of course having friends alongside having a family makes you a holistic person because it enables you to see a side other than your family.

No. Not everyone has a happy family or family members all around them. Many are closer to their friends than they are to their family members. Do you know about chocolate chip cookies? Well I once saw this on a greeting card, : If life is a cookie , friends are the chocolate chips. " I believe it is true. Life can be ok but without friends it is dull . Friends add sweetness to your life. They are there to share the good and to support with the bad. I know if it weren't for a close friend I wouldn't be this happy. He was there to help me mend and he is why I was ready for my true love. So friends are Very important to me! ps. this is a chocolate chip cookie.

I have a radically different view when it comes to friends; the real palpable friends that is, not those you make on mylot and similar discussion forums or networking spaces. There is a saying which goes "the only ones who make you feel at home with yourself are neither your friends, nor your acquaintances, but your enemies." It just means that when you have friends and acquaintances, you are always required to put in some effort to live up to their expectations, or to maintain their trust in you; and this might sometimes push you off your real fallible nature which may be less than pleasing to others. But an enemy reprieves you of all such troubles; by enemy, I am not referring to bitter adversaries whose very mention fills you with spasms of rage - rather those insignificant bipeds whom you can't be less bothered about. So, I believe, more than the friendships built on mutual favors and constant loyalty, it is the natural goodwill and friendly detachment towards the humanity that will allow a person more leeway to be true to himself, stand for whatever he believes in.

Well, were it not for friends I'd have need only of a mirror. But if no one else sees fit to spend time with that fella in the mirror why should I believe he's such wonderful company and worthy of MY time exclusively? We need friends for diversity in our lives..When you say family I know you're speaking on a positive note but I have family with which there is no friendship, so the notion of friendship is far more important to me than that of family. As friends we don't always spend much time together but it is that time together which makes friendship a worthy endeavor to pursue..Enjoy!

Friends tend to be rather important. Granted, there are a lot of times where people we think our friends, are not as friendly as we would have hoped. There are many times when you think about it, we have a lot of people that we get along well enough but really can you consider them friends or just rather good acquaintances? That is just something to really think about. Still friends are important and should they do something to betray you, that does rather hurt a lot. I try and check up on them every now and again, providing that I can get a hold of them. That does tend to be a bit of an issue sometimes, there are times where it is almost like two ships passing in the night, where I try to check up on them and they try to check up on me, but we keep missing each other. That's really all that there is to it a lot of the time. Still friends are to be valued for sure.

I personally feel that friends are not so important. But when faced with an important decision or a dilema, they really help in making a good informed decision. But the friends need to be good, by that I mean really good.

For me friends are really important because we can't just live alone in this life.There must be someone to support,to motivate us for doing our works.sometime i fell i need friend involving in my work in order to get it done.I also like to making a new friens so that we can get a colourful life by knowing a different personality of our friend.So why not making a lot of friends if we can?? it doesn't matter where friends come from.it is that friendship that really matter.