Friendship is a concept that, I believe, is a lot rarer than people believe.
Say you meet someone walking down the street. You say hi a couple times, smile a lot, and ask about their holiday. You do this about once a week. Meeting coincidentally, asking about the wife and kids, blah blah blah. Are you friends?
Some would say yes. They’d think: I enjoy the limited company of this person and would probably lend him a dollar if he asked. He makes me laugh. He asks about things and he listens to me. Therefore he is my friend. Sound logic, right? Is this really a sound definition of a friend?
friend (frend) 1. noun: an individual who is on speaking terms with the subject.
In essence, if you have a few friendly conversations with someone that you enjoy and this meets the criteria for “friend,” you have a lot of friends. And I’m sure every single one of them have your best interests at heart. Please (don’t) read further and (or) I’ll offend you.
People whose friends are like this? They’re missing out on the true friendships, the ones that last forever. Yes, that’s right, I’m sorry, but when people say “friendship lasts forever,” they’re not talking about all, some, or maybe even any of the people you might call a friend.
You’ll think they’re friends until you suddenly get a real one. Then you’ll know what friendship is.
