How do you define a good friend?

[Kulotz]

Friends are very important in someone's lifetime. What is your definition of a good friend? Is there anything you want to tell about friendships? I value friendships a lot.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I'm very simple about it. My good friends are the ones with whom I most enjoy our conversations and activities performed together. That's pretty much it.

I might be a bit odd but I don't really seek qualities like trustworthiness or loyalty.

Naturally if a friend stabs me in the back or does anything malicious towards me, they're no longer my friend. Yet I don't specifically look for the most trustworthy friends. Being betrayed is just not something I fear (not because it never happened to me, but because it has and I can endure it).

With loyalty, I tend to see loyalty as something inspired rather than demanded. I have found my good friends that endured over years all becoming very loyal and trustworthy, but sometimes inspired on my part. For example, one of my friends started off being rather aloof and selfish towards me and not someone I considered a particularly good friend (even by my basic idea of it as he wasn't so fun as a result), but I visited him all the time when he was in prison, bringing him books to read, snacks, etc, and then he become a very loyal friend after that. Unless someone is downright unconscionable, I see loyalty and trustworthiness as malleable traits I can improve in others through my own actions.

At the end of the day, I just like to have good times and fun and interesting conversations with my friends. I enjoy a wide variety, including ones who barely agree with me on anything (provided we can do so peacefully and humorously).

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I also assume everyone is trustworthy until they've betrayed my trust. So it's not an exceptional trait to me to be trustworthy. Every complete stranger is 100% trustworthy.

Reliability is also not so important to me. For example, I have one female friend who always shows up late to parties, like anywhere in the range of 30 minutes to hours to just canceling at the last minute. We made a simple adjustment: we just don't plan around her attending on time or at all. It's a bonus if she attends, but we don't plan in a way where it'll be costly if she doesn't.

[Somoneelse]

Someone I can trust and won't stab me in the back. Someone I can count on and will be there when needed. Someone I can bond with and who understands me. But also who I can understand. And preferable someone with the same interests or hobbies as me.

[thatshydork]

Someone who I can argue with without fear of losing the friendship, someone who will be there for me when I need them, and most importantly to me, someone who will stand up for me even when I’m not there. Loyalty is important to me because if there’s no loyalty, there’s no trust. If there’s no trust, then there’s nothing.

[WhitneySnow]

Someone who always has your back and you have theirs. Someone who’s always there for you just like you are for them.

[itsclearlynicholas]

One who for starters, doesn't take the piss (or act like a fool) and neither are they bragging like they're a try-hard or having insecurities. I like calm, cool, collected people as my friends. Not someone who drives like a manic with no cares for themselves or for their others

[TheSpaceGnome]

They have your back when problems happen, or at the very least want to help.
They laugh at the same jokes, worry about the same things, enjoy the same hobbies and interests, and have overall similar a character/personality as you, so you enjoy your time spent with them while being 100% yourself.

[bobby_bush_eater]

There's a lot of different ways to say it but I like to think of the people that I can text about the most random thing and we'll start a conversation, no hesitation.

When I think of the people I'd actually call my real friends, they all fall into this category

[OtterMan68]

someone who is always honest with you and will telor nol you "no," when you need to hear it whether you want to hear it or not.
Someone who is there for you through thick ad thin.
Someone who supports you mentally, physicall, spiritually, intellectually and emotionally

[Anonymous]

Someone who you can count on. Someone you can have fun together. Someone who will listen to you and accept you for who you are. Someone who will confront you to fix things because they genuinely care for the friendship. Someone who will talk bad about you right in your face, but will talk good about you to other behind your back.

[genericname85]

A good friend is a person i'm friends with who's disadvantages of being friends with them are far outweighed by the advantages of being friends with them.

[NathanDavis]

simple...

my friends = my life

I am not, without them...

[jennifer_bloom]

A loyal and respectful person who is neither jealous nor controlling.

[DancingQueen16]

To me a good friend is someone who's always there for you when you need them and they make you feel better if your sad

[_no_one_]

For me its my mates from high school lol, i never made real friends after that. Ones i did always had something they'd need.

[exitseven]

A friend will help you move. A good friend will help you move a body.

[Ms_Facesitter]

Someone who I can trust and is there for me. Understands me. Accepts me for me.

[handsomelad70]

We can be honest with each other, enjoying our strengths and realizing our Achilles' heels, so we can really bond.

[BLP11520]

Someone you can trust someone you can count on in a pinch, supportive and loving and fun as sense of humor is good😊 Someone who won’t betray you

[KrazyJCD2002]

somebody supportive
but also completely honest

[MrDaveAPSI]

Someone who won't lie to you