About Friendship
By M Cheung
@Beestring (14554)
Hong Kong
November 16, 2022 4:02am CST
With friendship, I think it's more about quality than quantity. It's good enough to have a few good friends that I love, trust and have a deep meaningful connection. I have many friends and acquaintances. Those can be my ex-colleagues, singing group friends. For close friends, I have three. We share our feelings, celebrate good times and support each other in bad times.
Friendship needs to be maintained. To me, support, trust, and honesty are of paramount importance. Always keep in touch and show care. Don't breach confidentiality, offer advice upon request.
Do you have any close friends? How do you maintain friendship?
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22 responses
@MrDenata (12248)
• Indonesia
16 Nov 22
Yes i have, i have a few friends who i called my best friends. But we dont talk or see each others very often. But we always catching up by text (i'm not type of person who will called over the phone to talk unless its really urgent). So, i called it the low maintain friendship but we always knew how to reconnect after long time not talk to each others.
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
16 Nov 22
Stay in touch on the net is also okay. No need to see each other very often. Good friends understand.
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@MrDenata (12248)
• Indonesia
16 Nov 22
@Beestring yes, i have a 22 years of friendship with one of my closed friend. And still strong till right now, even we dont talk much or see very often. But we always find the way to reconect again and again.
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
16 Nov 22
That's great. Friendships enrich our lives.
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Nov 22
Friendships are important. Everyone needs them. I have one very good friend I see every week and talk to often on the phone. I have a couple of good friends I've made here and also talk or message a couple of times a month. I have many acquaintances I also call friends.
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
16 Nov 22
Indeed, friends play an important role in our lives.
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@Shivram59 (35468)
• India
3 Apr
@Beestring I have more than 100 friends some of them are my next door neighbors.We all live in the same town.Some are now settled in big metro cities.But my best friends are only two.They have stood by me in my most difficult times.Both live here near my house.
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
15 Jan 23
Having a few close friends is good enough.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50250)
• United States
13 Dec 22
I have several that are like family.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
4 Jan 23
@Beestring I absolutely agree with everything you said. It's much better to have a few really good friends rather than a lot of not so good friends.
I have a small group of friends who I trust. I used to have a lot more friends in high school but they weren't all genuine people.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
4 Jan 23
@Beestring Thank you. And same to you. Those types of friends are precious.
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
4 Jan 23
Good to know that you have a few friends you can trust.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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30 Dec 22
I am not so sure I maintain any friendship with anyone at all. For the last 6 decades, friends or relatives would suddenly send me a message, 'hey, are you there...? - and we would catch up with each other from there.
Sometime we wouldn't contact each other for 2-3 decades but the reunions were always good.
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
9 May 23
I also have many friends living overseas. We communicate via Whatsapp or talk on Skype once in a while.
@Treborika (17677)
• Mombasa, Kenya
28 Jan 23
I have like two close friends. We share our different experiences in life and we help each other in times of difficulty
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
27 Dec 22
Friendship is quite important. I also have a few good and close friends. Sometimes we don't really need to contact each other more often. But once we do, we can still chat as usual as before and I think this is the real friendship since the time can't make us further
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@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
23 Nov 22
You are right. I have a few friends but all are really good friends. We seldom visit one another due to our busy activities. We trust on messages we make. It feels that we are close to one another.
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@allknowing (136369)
• India
23 Dec 22
Friendship happens in all walks of life and it stays if there is sufficient interest to stick.
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@MarieCoyle (37444)
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27 Dec 22
My grandmothers both taught me a lot about friendship. One saying has always stuck with me--to have a friend, you have to be one. And that is true. Friendships are give and take, they help us through the hard times and celebrate the good ones with us. I have several very close friends, and I truly do treasure them.
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