Friday, December 3, 2010

Friends

What does the word "friends" mean?

There are many types of relationships you can have with someone else.
  • Acquaintances
  • Normal friends
  • Pen-pals
  • Close friends
  • Best friends

Every single person in the world has a friend, even loners. A friend could be any person or anything. It could be someone you know, your pet, even an inanimate object. To me, a friend is a companion. You basically do things together, like hanging out, watching movies, generally just having fun and making memories together: good and bad.

The relationship you have with your friend is very special. It all starts with a meeting and a simple hello. If you like the person or have common interests, the relationship grows from there. To become friends, the relationship must have a key ingredient: you both like each other. If you hate each other, you tend to become enemies, not friends.

People tend to become close friends/best friends after many conversations, and they know things about the other that most people don't. Your friend becomes more of a shoulder to lean on, a comrade who listens, the person you tell your troubles to and stuff like that. You know where each others house is and have been there many times, you have tons of memories from when you both had a lot of fun together, you've gone shopping together, watched movies, slept over, know each others little quirks, etc.

Its hard to describe the relationship one has with another person. You usually just say: "He/She is my friend/close friend/best friend". Trying to describe it in words is like trying to draw air, you can't. Most of the time you don't even remember how the both of you met, you just know you did.

What I'm trying to say is, your friends are something you should cherish forever. Sure, sometimes you guys may have arguments, disagreements, fights, quarrels.... You should never let that come between you, especially if you've been friends for a long time. Don't let your ego/pride/jealousy ruin your friendship with someone, and holding a grudge will just make it worse.

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