[Michael_rev]

How can you determine whose really your TRUE friend versus someone who claims to be a friend otherwise known as an aquaintence.

[HedbangnProphet]

true friends typically like to hold up real converstions with you on a regular basis, and wanna talk about more than just themselves and their intrests

i find aquantences mostly just either think your cool, or they like to call and ask you questions, like "hey can i borrow such and such video game" or "hey wanna give me a ride and we can hang out later?"

[Rainer.]

There isn't a set definition that can differentiate true friends and acquaintances. Making a real friend involves spending time with and really letting that other person into your life, and a mutual exhibition of trust, commitment, and a degree of sacrifice. When a person has crossed the line from acquaintance to friend isn't really definable by anything other than how both parties feel about the friendship.

So, what makes a real friend? I'd say that it's just the people you have agreed to be friends with.

[Michael_rev]

well, i think that a real friend is someone that will defend you when someone is talking bad about you or your family when you are not around. Someone who will do stuff for you without you asking. Someone who doesnt call to hang out just when they are bored. Someone you keep in contact with frequently. Some one who can say that they love you and not feel gay about it. ( brotherly or sisterly love). Someone you would want at your wedding. Someone who can relate to you and understand what you have been through. Thats what a true friend is.

My one and only true friend is my girlfriend.

What about you?

[thesteve]

"true friends stab you in the front"

[Michael_rev]

Are true friends talked about in the bible?

[Gods*Armygirl]

Originally Posted by Michael_rev

How can you determine whose really your TRUE friend versus someone who claims to be a friend otherwise known as an aquaintence.

For me, a true friend is someone who will always be there for you to listen to/help you with your problems. Someone who doesn't talk to you, and then go and say stuff behind your back.

And there are Bible verses about friendship:

Proverbs 17:17
Proverbs 27:9
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Ecclesiastes 6:16
Proverbs 27:6
Ecclesiastes 37:1
John 14:22-23
Proverbs 18:24

[Rainer.]

1 Samuel 20:41-42 KJV
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

[segoviamuse]

i would consider jesus my true friend. far above them all, he will always be there. he wont break up with me, or fight with me, or talk about me behind my back, his love is unconditional.

but also my boyfriend. hes good too. haha

[Michael_rev]

same here. Of course its implied in my life that the trinity is #1 then my girl

[Dr. Worm]

Originally Posted by Michael_rev

well, i think that a real friend is someone that will defend you when someone is talking bad about you or your family when you are not around. Someone who will do stuff for you without you asking. Someone who doesnt call to hang out just when they are bored. Someone you keep in contact with frequently. Some one who can say that they love you and not feel gay about it. ( brotherly or sisterly love). Someone you would want at your wedding. Someone who can relate to you and understand what you have been through. Thats what a true friend is.

My one and only true friend is my girlfriend.

What about you?

That's great and all, but the problem is, true friends mess up. True friends get caught up with life and do not always stay in frequent contact. True friends can get caught in the middle of a dispute between two people they care about. True friends can have a bad day and do something stupid that hurts you. I wouldn't worry too much about separating the people you know into categories of "true friends" and "only acquaintances"; a friend is a friend.

[Iceman-bass14]

Originally Posted by Michael_rev

Someone you keep in contact with frequently.

Well idk i have a friend of mine who moved to Idaho when i was 11 and we were great friends then.We dont talk much now but i still consider him a true friend cause he'd do anything for me and i for him.

My one and only true friend is my girlfriend.

Im sorry.

Originally Posted by Michael_rev

same here. Of course its implied in my life that the trinity is #1 then my girl

What about your family?

[DaGeek]

Originally Posted by Dr. Worm

That's great and all, but the problem is, true friends mess up. True friends get caught up with life and do not always stay in frequent contact. True friends can get caught in the middle of a dispute between two people they care about. True friends can have a bad day and do something stupid that hurts you. I wouldn't worry too much about separating the people you know into categories of "true friends" and "only acquaintances"; a friend is a friend.

Yeah, I can agree, because it's really awkward to get caught between two friends, and it would suck if they started thinking I wasn't their friend because I wasn't siding with one or the other. That happened to me recently, and, honestly, they're both amazing friends. Don't determine your friendship with someone by whose side they take all the time or something. Do as Dr. Worm said: No categories. They're just friends.

[Steve353]

A true friend is someone who will show up to help you move without ever having to be asked.

[Michael_rev]

i think you should catagorize your friends. There are good freinds and bad friends. There are true friends and aquaintences. A co-worker you talk to only at work isnt a true friend but you might consider them a friend.