How/when do you consider someone a friend by its truest meaning?

[Pinay_ako]

What is friendship for you?

[Jay-_-]

Honesty is a main priority for a friendship and next to that comes loyalty if they have those two traits you can consider that person a true friend/family.

[Sober_Irishman]

If you can inconvenience them for help at any hour of the day and they rush to your aid. Not many people will do that for anybody.

[IslaTheWitch]

you just know...

when you get to know people... it's a process... you learn about them... about their likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses... and at some point you just know... you can feel it, that you think alike, that you value similar things, that you have each other's back... it's not about "considering"... some people just become friends with time...

[DaisyM23]

there are different levels of friendship i feel like, i wouldn't really consider acquaintances friends although i would call them that because 'someone i know' sounds too long and distant, plus you can be friendly without actually being friends - ultimately it's about trust and comfort, someone i can talk to, someone i feel comfortable around, someone i would WANT to hang around on a regular basis i guess

[Anonymous]

A true friend? That's someone who's there through thick and thin. You can be your goofy, messy self around them, and they love you for it. They celebrate your wins and pick you up when you fall. You can trust them with your deepest secrets and wildest dreams, and they'll keep them safe. There's a real understanding, you know? Like they can finish your sentences or crack you up with just a look. True friends are those rare gems that make life's journey a whole lot brighter.

[Drew-1990]

That sounds about perfect what you described. And I have to say this I don't think I have ever seen a 98 MHO you must give amazing advice

[Jennz6]

I only have one friend, we’re like sisters and we love 💕 each other.

[Pinay_ako]

Is it mutual?

[Jennz6]

Yes we love each other

[James899]

@jennz6 Cool

[Taniisokay]

I need to make some new friends with goals. As my current friends are without goals and they think I am losing my mind for have a goal that's beyond my current situation. So I talk to them less because of this issue.

[NathanDavis]

22 years and still... don't even have to question it one bit at all... she is just a true friend...

[BadApple69]

I saw a shirt once that said it best:
“A friend will help you move. A true friend will help you move a body”
To me…. This is correct! lol

[LostandFound__x]

Communication I’ve found is very important in friendships. Not even can communicate. But people who want you around will.

[msc545]

A friend helps you carry the body. A true friend helps you bury the body too.

[Pinay_ako]

🤣 yes 👍

[Grond21]

A true friend is someone you enjoy spending time with and when you both choose what's good for the other person for their own sake

[LunarEclipse433]

When I feel and to the extent I can trust them. If I lose trust they are history

[serious]

To me friendship does not exist

[Pinay_ako]

What made you say that

[serious]

@Pinay_ako

Simple, given how I am. Given how strict I am with my standards, my thinking and the way I take my decisions it makes it almost impossible for people to stay in my life for a long time. The fact that I find many things unforgivable etc and I am very rigid and closed minded as a person and someone who is highly resistant to change (major changes).

Though I am one of the best type of person to be friends with but in a friendship there is very little I can offer or give. That means I will be taking more from the other person which is never fair.

Hence friendship is something that is simply not possible in my life. Now you can understand why I said that.

[Bklynbadboy12]

When you know they have your back the way you have there's

[Fuentes]

If we coo, we coo

[Pinay_ako]

Yea that’s what I thought too 😑

[Rangers]

I wish I knew, I haven't had a friend in 6 years