Definition of friendship

In My Humble Opinion
1

I’ve been thinking lately about the evolution of the definition of friendship.

At age 5 a friend was:

  • someone who had cool toys (Miliennium Falcon/white outfit Leia action figure…)
  • someone to play tag with
  • someone to show off to/ dare

** At age 12:**

  • someone who would let me sit at their table during lunch
  • someone who didn’t tease me
  • someone who I could confide in

At age 18:

  • someone who got my odd sense of humor
  • someone to drive around aimlessly with
  • someone who would do extremely idiotic fun things with

At age 24:

  • someone who could commiserate with me over the Real World
  • someone to go drinking with
  • someone who could go to a movie with me

At age 28:

  • someone who keeps in touch
  • someone who supports me during a time of need
  • someone who can make time for me

How about other people? Has your personal definitions of friendship changed or does it basically boil down to me likey, me friend?

2

All of the above and…

Someone who tells me things I need to hear, not just things I want to hear.

3

All of the above, absolutely. Also, someone who makes me feel sane, even though I know they’re as crazy as me.

And I’ve always thought that the true definition of a real friend is someone who laughs before they ask you if you’re alright when you fall down in public. :slight_smile: