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Friends, everyone wants them and everyoen should have, at least one.
Friends in my eyes, are people to talk to, to help you to grow as you listen to their opinions, and their thoughts. Friends in my eyes don't amke you buy them stuff, expect you to load bricks in and out of pick-ups and they definately don't force you to do drugs or cigarettes. Friends should be just that freinds to play and foola round with.

Example:
I have two black twin friends. Me, being a sarcastic teenager who prefers computer games over basketball, we disagree on many things. They are homeschooled, have the whole day to themselves, and are pretty dull. (The boy, doesn't know his multiplication table and he's a teenager.) Yet, they expect me to come over constantly to play basketball, baseball, ect. Race doesn't seem to be an issue, but getting opinions from them is difficult because together they have the education of a third grader. (the sister of the two makes up for alot.) So why am I telling you all this?

OKay, let's recap
They can't keep up with me in a discusion about heavy politics or gun control. Their hygene seems to match their education.
They've asked me to help around their house without pay
They've lied to get me to their house
We dont' share the same interests.
See why They really aren't my friends anymore?

Friends are there for you to play with (and no, not in the bad way). Life would be boring without them...

Friends aren't just something to occupy yourself with when you are board. In my opinion, if you don't have a fight with your friend they aren't really your friends, they are only humoring you to share your view points.

Well I thought I had "best friends' (I still have 4 real close best friends. I used to have 7 before that ass narc was around)

But aperantly they weren't my friends because they have known me longer thatn the narc, and they believe his lies and deceptions over the truth.

Friends are there to support and get support from. Without any friends, most of us would have already killed ourselves by now........ At least I would have.



I agree with that to an extent. Switch the normal and smart person around and you have how it should be.

Your friends are there to help, and sometimes, you can't get through life without them, like me. I already would have blown my brains out cause of a girl, but a girl that is my friend helped me get through it with the help of a school counsilor.

So yeah. Your friends are there to help you.

Sounds like a dysfunctional family to me. You should try to help them, or else stay the hell away if you can't. Those kinds of people can really bring you down if you let them.

Ugh makes me think of "toxic friends", anyone up for a good definition of them?

Manipulative, worthless pieces of shits! (The kid that has turned my friends against me)

Friends are a conveniance.
It would get horrendously boring without friends, but they're not necesary for living or sanity or any such crap.

Friend:

You know them, ie, you've met.
You like them, ie, you enjoy being around them.
You trust them, ie, you have faith they won't steal from you.

They're for various things, but in the end you both offer a service to eachother. Be it that you make them laugh, you're attractive, you stick with them when they need you, doesn't matter. In laymen's terms, friends are for helping one another.

I know people who try to be friends with everybody, and it seems to make them fairly happy. I can't do that, because there are some people that just annoy me too much. However, when I'm new to a place, and I don't know anyone, I'm pretty leinent of who I become friends with. When I have many, I don't engage people's friendship often. That being in a new place and not knowing anyone could be as short as an hour and not even very far away. For example, on Diablo II, at first I didn't know anyone, but it wasn't long before I became friends with a couple people. Even though I've eventually found some these people to be really interesting and funny, the engagment of friendship was based on a need to be social. If you've ever played Diablo II alone, you know what I mean...

When I'm with a bunch of friends, the only reason I become friends with another person is because they either make me laugh, they're one of my friend's friends or they offer a unique service. Not to say I don't have to offer a service as well, because if you havn't noticed, I'm only talking about mutual friendships here. I find, a lot of the friends I've made have been because they thought I was funny, and wanted to hang out with me. Since people who understand my jokes tend to be witty, we often end up friends because we make eachother laugh. But I'm also a rather patient and helpful fellow as well, and don't shy from offering to spend my time helping them fight bordom or a problem even when it's out of my way, for a friend.

I find if I have no desire to become someone's friend, I don't go out of my way nearly as much for them (so as not to give the wrong idea).

Sorry for the long answer, but you asked a rather broad question.

ill be your friend infested jerk

Okay, what everyone said is correct, it's opinions.
Let me refine a little.
A friend is a person you like, can disagree with without losing the friendship and don't expect you to do harmful things. They can help you, and Oh! another one, they won't Blackmail you, reveal secrets in grudges, and they won't stop being your friend if you decide to hang out with other people.
Even if I tick someone off, and they don't consider me Their friend, I'll still cosnider them a friend. IT comes down to respect.


Yeah, those two friends aren't exactly bad:
They don't do drugs
They don't swear excessively
They can be respectful.

Yet:
Their father said that my brother "should learn to deal with petty insults".
That's like saying:
I could use every swear racist and curse or pharses known to man that can be used to humiliate a person and you'd tell your kids to suck it up?

My personality gets on their nerve, and likewise.
We have different interests
They think I'M a "bad seed" when they think a kid my brotehr's age is "Okay" when he's gonna be a jailbird. (His parents seem to have zero influence in his life so he's always walking teh streets at night, swearing, etc.)
They are against video games. (Shame on them!)
They aren't totaly disfunctional, but I don't thnk I want to be best friends forever either.

But, Yeah, maybe normal and smart should eb switched... hmmm

If you don't like them, next time they piss you off just say "We're not friends anymore". It's that simple. Unless you value your friendship with them you should be able to let go if they're being disrespectful to you, and asking too much of you. If you still want to be friends with them, but don't like what they're doing to you, tell them, be honest, they'll let you know if they'd do it again. They say they won't ever again, and they do, break it off.

Nah, I just go for the
"Cut off all possible points of contact"
They've already mentioned they prefer for people to get their own opinions about people, so i bet they won't spread bad junk about me. And i'll just zip my lip about them.
(There's always harassment charges if they go too far...)

Okay, anotehr side,
What would you do if an Internet site popped up, flaming yoru friends, slanderinga nd harrassing them with FALSE accusations? It happened at my school, and luckily I wasn't on it.

but
to whoever made it >.<

Never happend to me before, never will... if it did I'd just think they were some loner with no life.

Sadly i have no good friends in school.. im 2 smart.. mostly their naive, won't agree that 1 person dies every 6 seconds and one is born every 7.. but its different in b-net. 25 isnt enough limit

friend : somebody who can eat at your place
best friend : somebody at whos place you can eat
now if you think! it's true!

It is hard for me to make friends. I'm one of those habitually silent people who don't talk or socialize much. That's why everyone gets all the good girls and i dont.

Eh? 0 friends? That stinks. And yes, being smart is a heavy burden.
*notices the "little friends in rl but many friends on B.net*
Join the club!

There's no such thing as the "good girls". You might think that all the girls who are beautiful are "good girls". Its good that you cant get all the pretty girls, because every guy wants them, and then you can even get into fights with your own friends because of a girls looks. Find someone who really cares about you and shares your interests. You don't seem to be shy online, make friends through AIM and then know each other so well that you share your secrets with each other. Then you don't have to try to get her to notice you or like you, because you already have a bond.

And back on topic, a friend is someone who will care about you, look out for you, and help you when you're down. A friend doesn't have to be the person that'll jump in front of a bullet for you, nor do you have to know them forever. I know a guy who lives in my block who's my friend, he's very annoying, but he still watches out for me and helps me out, I've known him for 6 years. I have another friend that I've known for 2 years that is my best friend and she is ALWAYS there for me and is ALWAYS willing to help me out, no matter how bad her own problems are. Time doesn't matter with friends.

I mean good girls as in girls that are likeable and stuff. Not necessarily the looks or sexiness.

Oh alright, but theres nothing wrong with being shy. If you're shy and you only have like 2-3 friends, it still doesnt matter. You just shouldnt be shy towards those people that you truly care about and that truly care about you. 1 Best friend will pwn 100 bad friends

*warhammer40000 skips over all of the Untrue crap and says

A friend is someone you can be with that you can share fun times with. Same interests... That actually doesnt have to be true all of the way. Like... You could be friends with someone who likes basketball and baseball, and you like computer games. You guys could share these interests with each other once and awhile. But he could juust be your school-friend, who you talk with at lunch, even though you dont play sports.

This is what you get from typing a paragraph with fast-tempod Music on.

Funny, cause thats exactly what all the "untrue crap" says

I agree with Warhammer, except I think that people who are "school friends" are just that, school freinds, they may never expect you to invite them over, and vice versa, home friends are people who you hang out with after school, people who come to your house ect... Sometimes a school friend can become a home friend, but with most people, the environment they're in plays a large role in how they act, someone who you hang out with at school might be completly different at home, environment plays a much larger role that most people realize with friendship. Silver dragon kinda mentioned this earlier with the "I don't have many friends in RL, but on bnet, the 25 limit isn't enough" statement. Some people prefer to interact with people they can't see or hear, while others like to actually be around their friends.

*refers to last two setnences of Shatter's post*
Yes you're right shatter, people are much different online than in real life.
My online friend Bonus for example acts like a total nutcase, but is actually a genius (he does math for fun! ). Starcraft is just a nice place to relieve tension and to just goof off.