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How many friends do you have?
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I'm doing this because I'm curious about how people look at their friendships and how they classify them.
I have one best best mate, about 5 best mates, 20 or so mates and about 80 acquiantances.
I'm judging that on the fact that I see my best mates regularly and my friends fairly regularly. My friends are people who I can talk to about somethings, my acquaintances are people who I speak to, but only chat to(if you know what I mean)
I'm fairly happy with that, I don't have over 100 msn contacts and just over 100 bebo contacts.
Just for comparison I know someone who is, in a ll fairness, a very likeable person but seems to class people as friends very easily. Would meet someone, know them for a week and class them as a mate kinda thing.
Like my best mates are my closest, dearest people as like my family. Whereas some of this person's "best mates" are people this person hardly speaks to.
Go.
I have one best best mate, about 5 best mates, 20 or so mates and about 80 acquiantances.
I'm judging that on the fact that I see my best mates regularly and my friends fairly regularly. My friends are people who I can talk to about somethings, my acquaintances are people who I speak to, but only chat to(if you know what I mean)
I'm fairly happy with that, I don't have over 100 msn contacts and just over 100 bebo contacts.
Just for comparison I know someone who is, in a ll fairness, a very likeable person but seems to class people as friends very easily. Would meet someone, know them for a week and class them as a mate kinda thing.
Like my best mates are my closest, dearest people as like my family. Whereas some of this person's "best mates" are people this person hardly speaks to.
Go.
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Best best mates are the ones I chat to on a daily basis, always go out with and can tell anything to. Best mates are the people that I speak to fairly regularly and go out with almost every time. Mates are people I see and speak to when I am around the areas they are, but probably all used to be best mates when we lived in the same area. All these people I trust completely and can tell anything to. Aquaintances are the people I'll speak to if I pass them somewhere and are possibly friends of friends that I'll see on nights out with them etc, but not people that I would confide in or particularly go out of my way to keep in touch with.
I have many different friendship groups, so I've got a few close one's from each.
In real life, about 10 acquiantances and 1/2 real friends (if family counts)
awww- i feel quite sad.
I can talk to a few of my girl mates about pretty much everything... but not my best guy mates.
I've never really been someone to have loads and loads of "friends"..I keep my friends close...my two best friends I have known for more than 10 years (not from school though).
It's nice to make new friends when you're older (eg not at uni) but I think it gets harder as you tend to meet fewer people.
I have 10 best mates and fuck knows how many other mates and I see them/talk to them all regularly.
Yeah same.
Well around 50 - 100 acquaintainces (sp) probably more cos I meet people all the time !
Then about twenty good mates and a few closer ones then one best mate who i can trust and talk to and everything !
On myspace I have like, ten friends because I cant be fucked to sort it out properly and go on it. Bebo I have like 300 which is a bit silly and facebook I have a few. I dont think you can judge an internet site as for how popular you are, if you go by that then your a bit sad.
Lol That is so true.
Are they "real" friends though?
Friends wise...I dunno, I don't usually hang around in big groups, I'd prefer a close group of friends
Not all of them.
As I said, I have loads of 'friends' and then quite alot of actual friends, with a few close one's.
Some are drug related, some aren't. I have many friendship groups, a couple of groups are drug related and yes some friends I've met through the drug culture have become really close to me.
I have my close friends but I also love being able to walk into any local pub/club/party and being able to chat to pretty much everybody in there.
But since last weekend I've met a few girls so *crosses fingers*
What's that suppossed to mean?
The group of best mates used to be 5 of us, but we've kind of grown apart and gone off with boyfriends and things, so now I'm only really close to one of them.
What do you class as a 'real' friend?
People I'd trust with anything? About three.
ditto