How many "TRUE" friends do you have?

i have a blog discussion about this in friendster, but its in tagalog. It goes like this: If the population in the world is 100% but the only persons we know in that 100% is only 1%. 50% of that 1% is composed of the members of your family, 30% is your close friends and the 20% are those people who you talk with everyday. But are your friends really your friends? As i said, 30% of 1% are your friends. But how well do you know your friends? And who among them is your best friend? Do you choose your friends? Or do they choose you? True and real fiends are hard to fine, but finding a best friend is really hard or finding the one you really have love is harder. For me in my 30% of friends i only have 50% true friends and from that 50% i only have 10% best friends...

I would say I probably have 2 honest to goodness true blue friends. The rest are friends and I love them to pieces, but the 2 friends have proven themselves truest of true.

i know i have a lot of friends but most of them are just to say hi and hello, but i have a lot of best freind too, my most consider bestfreind is my mother, and another 5 other which is in a different part of this world. thanks to them we even hardly communicate but if we got the chance, it really makes sense..

I'm very lucky that way. I can honestly say I can think of about ten people that I could call at 4 in the morning and say, something is terribly wrong. I once got stranded on the side of the road outside of town due to a medical emergency. The friend I was with called around and a car full of people drove for hours in the worst fog I have ever seen to come and fetch us home. That's friendship, and I'll never forget that they did that for us.

I'd like to say that I have one, maybe even two true friends but this is all. But I know that one of my true friends would have to be my other half. Even before we had gotten together we we're friends right from the start. I knew right from the beginning that he was the type of friend who would.. Help to bail me out of jail at 4 a.m. if I had ended up getting myself in a situation such as this one. Without no questions being asked. My other half has been there for me right from the beginning, no matter what. Every obstacle that I have had to face within my life so far he was there standing right beside me holding my hand, showing me some form of support. Taking the time to dry away my tears, stand up for me when I was to weak to stand up for myself on my own. A lot of people that we're apart of my life at one point or another.. Would never have done the same that he has done for me. When everyone had taken off instead of supporting me, there was my other half willing to stand by me & be there for me each & every time. He is among one of the greatest people that I have ever known! . . In my opinion to have this type of friend apart of one's life.. Makes one's life ever so wonderful, but also worth living at the end of the day! . . It is very difficult to find a good, but also true friend in this world these days I have found. Someone who will be there to support you, but also back you up when times get tough.. I know sometimes some people aren't even able to experience that as long as they live.. So I am glad that I at least have been able to have that chance.. In conclusion.. I know that I am very blessed to at least have one true friend that has been apart of my life for years now. However, I have been stabbed in the back more times then I can count by people that I had thought at one point or another.. We're my so called "friends." So due to this I know longer take friendship lightly! I've learned over the last few years that it takes a lot for me to be able to consider a person a true friend! Thanks for allowing me to share! xx

You are very lucky, gal...I've never had a REAL true friend. I had a school friend a time or two when younger but really never one I could count on for very long. There've been many times and still today when I wish I had just 1 close friend that I could talk to and confide in; not being judged, etc. I'm happy for you.

I have two. My husband is my best friend. We talk about everything. Then I have a very good friend, Ang. We have known each other for 16 years. We have been through a lot together. The great thing is my husband and her get along so when you get all three of us together it is a great time.

i have 2 best friends...and i think thousands of acquaintances... my one friendship is 22 years old... she is my school friend and i am very close to her... she resid ein USA and i am in caanda but we still in contact we phone each other twice or thrice a week. my other friendship is 18 years old... she is my college friend... and we chat almost daily for hours... no matter what...what ever the problem is we always intact with each other... and share our sorrows and joys openly....

I have no true friends. My family are my true friends. I can count on my family for anything.

I don't really have any these days. Gosh that's sad! lol. I moved away from my hometown for my job and now I'm in a supervisory position so I really don't hang out with people from work anymore either. There isn't really anyone that I'd feel comfortable calling any time, day or night.

right now 250 pound in my pocket.after that i got only one i can say he'll die for me,yeah only one dog and i can't affored any more. oh you mean in person,emmm none really

none. and i don't mind.

I am lucky to have lots of friend but if you says the true friend whom i can count at any time... 7 of them i can say will be anywhere any time if i need them and they will do any thing for me!!!

I have 3 true friends....

still not have.. i'n so hard to trust people.. especilly people can i tru trust.. so hard to find this man/girl

I have several true friends but I only have 2 that I would trust with my life.

i have true friends from elementary, high school and college times...im still in contact with them and i know they are true since when i approach them and ask for their help, they are still there for me eventhough we haven't met for a long time......that's the true essence of friendship..helping each other.........being there for your friend.....up or down times...

Very few, 3 maybe 4 that I know I can count on at any time, day or night. About a 100,000 acquaintances thought. And many people that are somewhere in between, long time neighbors and sort of friends.

I feel really and truly blessed to have four. One is my boyfriend, although I guess since we live together I'd just reach over in bed and shake him awake rather than call him : ). One is my mom. As I've grown older, she and I have formed the type of close friendship that only mothers and daughters who also look at each other as individuals and adults can. The third is a man I befriended in college, 15 years ago. We were both single when we became friends, and everyone wondered why we never became a couple. We just always had a brother/sister like connection from day one. We're talk on the phone at least once a week and get together at least once a month, and he's been there every time I truly needed a friend. The fourth is a newer friend, a woman I work with. We became close because we were both going through separations at the same time period, and even though our lives are more stable now sharing that rough patch formed a bond between us. We tend to talk on an almost daily basis.

I can say I have maybe 3-4 true friends that I know will be there 24/7 should I need them. I would rather have this small number of true friends then the dreaded fairweather friends, who only want to be a friend when it suits them! I try to be the type of friend I would want!