How many friends do you have?

im invisible

what was the question again??

i reckon ive people i could call on if i was in trouble who i havnt talked to in years,
and people who i might talk to or have a few pints with regularly enough that i wouldnt think of if i was in a situation...
and then theres people that id do more for than they'd probably do for me, and shur vice-versa

candy-gal1

Getting older i think your actual good friends circle gets smaller and smaller as your realising that friends arent necessarily a necessity, imho anyway, if you have at least one really good/best friend whether its your partner/childhood mate/old school or college mate or someone entirely different once its someone who you get on with no matter what, you can have a laugh about anything whenever and excepts/understands you etc, thats all thats wanted/needed and if you have that then your quite lucky indeed.

After that your just really talking aquaintances, and as much as they can be fun to have sometimes, if they dont turn into at least a genuinely good/best mate it can all get a bit much after a while.

To me, people in your life go like this as importance
Yourself.
Family/your partner.
Anything after that is a bonus.

uch

2, or 3 , nah 2

dave3004

About 10 I'd say who I could really ask to do anything for me.

3 of my best friends (lads)
2 of my best friends (girls)
2 of my Xs (la....girls)
2 of my brothers and my sister

Of those 9 named.....None are within 10,000 miles of me !

EdenHazard

Ive kinda two phases of friends, pre 2006(when my two best childhood friends moved away) and my now friends(but in between I went through a spell with no friends :O I count myself so lucky everyday, I even wrote stuff on PI few years back about having nobody to talk to, I went school, came home and that was it. I had two summers where my mum was my best friend she still kinda is but then I took an active decision to make new mates and it all changed. When life gets me down I always remember this and am so thankful. Right now, I've about 10 close friends but I've loads of extended friends who i consider close just not that close. I just don't know em' as well. I do maintain its hard to have really more than maybe 12 close friends and even then you'll be closer to some over others. My best friend will always be the one who left 6 years ago now, we just shared so much, really 'stand by me' like adventures, summer 2003 as a 10 year old was the best ever. where has time gone

grohlisagod

I don't really know if I have real, there for you in a crisis, friends. Luckily(in a sense), I've never had to test it.

Not looking forward to next year when more than likely I'll be in a different country to all of those I'd currently consider close friends.

TeddyTedson

1ZRed wrote: »

I call multiple account on your ass!

You'd think wouldn't you!


Yea so, no real best friend or anything like that. Not since I was about 15/16 to be honest.
But I hang out regularly with a big group of friends of around 20 all of who I get on well with.

I remember being a teenager and hanging around in massive groups and only liking a handful. Thems were the days.

1ZRed

TeddyTedson wrote: »

You'd think wouldn't you!


Yea so, no real best friend or anything like that. Not since I was about 15/16 to be honest.
But I hang out regularly with a big group of friends of around 20 all of who I get on well with.

I remember being a teenager and hanging around in massive groups and only liking a handful. Thems were the days.

Was only taking the piss because the accounts were so similar :P

But yeah I'm pretty much the same, I have a big group of friends and I'm very close to a select few but I don't have a best friend and haven't since that age either. That's just how things turn out sometimes I suppose.

samina

I have one friend I grew up with from the time we could walk. one from my teenage years who is the most unreliable person in the world and wouldn't see her often but for some reason whenever something major happened in my life she just showed up without even knowing I needed her and then the usual socializing friends. So yeah 2 true friends

TeddyTedson

1ZRed wrote: »

Was only taking the piss because the accounts were so similar :P

But yeah I'm pretty much the same, I have a big group of friends and I'm very close to a select few but I don't have a best friend and haven't since that age either. That's just how things turn out sometimes I suppose.

I knows

billyhead

I am content having no friends. As the saying goes your friend is your wallet. In saying that the only people I trust our my family. I have a brother aswell where there was only a year part in the age difference who was my best friend growing up and aswell as being my bro is my best friend now. Blood is thicker then water

Colmustard

I was listening to the wireless and apparently there is an aspergers type syndrome call Williamson's syndrome that makes the person overly friendly and trusting. Its a very debilitating disorder.

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWilliams_syndrome&ei=rjI1UKKpLsm2hAeIoYEQ&usg=AFQjCNGOeXUokgh16ZOcBNfolNPsj7-b7A&sig2=QzN1NdUKewYYNwYj3QS3TA

Mint Sauce

Considering the 140 odd facebook friends, I have two or three friends that I could safely say I could depend on in a crises, over the years as friends as came and went that list has changed.

Have several members of my family that I could definatly depend on on in a crises or turn to if say life depended on it, including my mum, some of aunts, uncles, and some of my cousins who have been the closest I would have had to brothers/sisters growing up.

ihsb

My boyfriend and three really close friends, more then enough for me! I consider myself very lucky

MaroonAndGreen

I have 1 or 2 that I could trust with anything and they are part of a group of 9 or 10 fairly good friends of mine

Wompa1

3 close friends.

Medusa22

I'd say 3 real friends who would help me out if I needed them. One is my sister, the other my partner and the third is a friend of mine. I also have superficial friends that I'd meet up with every once in a while and do things with. I wouldn't rely on them for anything though.

a fat guy

Around 7 that I'd actually count on.

I've got a good circle of "not best friend" friends too, but they're still good for the craic!

nbar12

why don't the people who have said they've no friends all meet up and become friends!? win win situation

rustopher

i have about 3/4 that i can rely on, dont see them so much now they all married and had babies... i am the odd one out, i have less in common with them:(. I sometimes reckon they all meet up without me and it frustrates me, but what can i do!!

rustopher

rustopher wrote: »

i have about 3/4 that i can rely on, dont see them so much now they all married and had babies... i am the odd one out, i have less in common with them:(. I sometimes reckon they all meet up without me and it frustrates me, but what can i do!!

I have a few friends that I went travelling with that I enjoy their company every blue moon for a short time and a close cousin but its different when its family. I have one 'true' friend whose company I always love and I'm VERY lucky to have her!!

Facebook has created a false-friend generation where people are more interested in being seen to be popular or having a great time. Next time you go to a concert, look at how many people record the whole thing on their phones for facebook attention rather than actually enjoying who they paid to see.

Teyla Emmagan

Just you guys.

Not so bad really!

mauzo

I have 3 friends that I could count on for anything. They would do all they can for me and I'd bend over backwards for them.

There's about 10 of us in the group and I'd do anything for them, I tend to be the person people go to when they are in trouble or need help.

aaabbbb

0 tbh and that doesn't mean I'm a loner or anything , just at a stage where the majority of people I meet and befriend become nothing more than good acquaintances where we meet for lunch,drinks, chats etc. But I wouldn't really be able to call any of them up if I had a problem, needed help or had just received devastating news and needed someone to talk to. Basically fair weather friends

But such is the way of things....

Lockedout

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

6 from college(in the 90s!!) three other really good friends and than a wide circle of friends.

Im jealous-what's your secret? Can we hang out?!;)

LizT

I would say I have 4 friends that I'm really close to and could tell them pretty much anything. I would do anything for them and they're the same with me.

Jhcx

I have one friend at any given time. Right now its the family cat. Tonight it will be lots of people but they all won't be my friend at the same time.

Lockedout

Im always jealous of people who have a big group of friends who meet together. Perhaps they are younger because I think the older you get the less you see of friends because of kids.marriage/distance. I suppose I have about ten people I count as very good friends but I might not see them regularly. Some once a year/some every few years. I joined a few local groups so I would have people to drink with/do drugs (joke) with.

I moved around a bit so never had that big group (sigh) thats my only regret. My lot are quite fragmented.

michellie

9-10, very close group of girls, we don't see each other as much as we would like due to children and work schedules, one of the girls is living in Australia at the minute, we all miss her so much.


We've been friends 10+ years, through work and school. We've been through a LOT together, whatsapp is the best thing that's happened to us my phone doesn't stop all day long (ages 25-30)

Gannicus

3 very close friends.

12 friends in all (including the 3 very close friends).

Lot of work acquaintances who I would socialise with on a couple of occasions during the year.

I find a lot of the people I hang out with are friends of friends or friends sibling of a similar age to myself that I'm not particularly fond of and try to avoid being around.

Mr Benevolent

One very good friend. Why would I need more? I avoid work acquaintances, I have no interest in talking about work. Especially since I'm the guy who gives them work to do.

Fromthetrees

A friend in need's a friend indeed
A friend with weed is better
A friend with breasts and all the rest
A friend who's dressed in leather

Lockedout

A good friend helps you move house
A really good friend helps you move a body;)

supernature

This may sound over the top but I reckon that I have about 12 really good friends. I am very lucky. Or very old. Or maybe a bit of both.

EdanHewittt

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lukesmom

Apart from my husband and family no good friends anymore. Have hundreds of aquaintances on Facebook but nobody I'm close to. Had 2 good friends whom u haven't seen in months. Feeling Very lonely lately because of it, one is busy with her new relationship and I'm no use to the other as I don't go out drinking because I recently had a baby.

huey1975

WhiteRoses wrote: »

Not including my boyfriend and my mam/sister, I have 5 other best friends that I could tell anything to.

Mam/sister !!!! Wtf

bobskii

3!Been friends for 23 years don't think there goin anywhere soon

lukesmom

huey1975 wrote: »

WhiteRoses wrote: »

Not including my boyfriend and my mam/sister, I have 5 other best friends that I could tell anything to.

Mam/sister !!!! Wtf

Why are you so startled by the above?? Nothing strange about a family member being a good friend also

EdanHewittt

http://f.cl.ly/items/2C2C13331r2K0m291q3F/666.friends.jpg

monkeysnapper

I've got more friends than you lot have got cows