Question of the Day

[ayoub]

What does it mean to be a friend?

Comments

[voldelange.livejournal.com]

understand,help and care for those you call friends :)

[moonlights-lair.livejournal.com]

A friend is someone that will hold your hand while you are dying and not turn away in fear...

M.Night.

[moonlights-lair.livejournal.com]

P.S. They are hard to find and it hurts like hell to lose one...

L.D.G.

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

It means that even when you hate the person, you still let them hang around and eat your food, and you don't behead them for losing books you lend to them.

[crescent-fresh.livejournal.com]

more often than not, it's the only relationship you can count on, and the only person you can trust. thus, as the french say, bros before hos.

[laurel714.livejournal.com]

A friend means you not only are willing to help bury the bodies, but you help plan the caper in the first place!

:-D

[sirenity.livejournal.com]

What if your bro *is* a ho? The french never seem to field the complexity of things. ;)

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

Respect, honesty, loyalty.
The ability to allow the other person to be themself while accepting all the stuff that makes them who and what they are.
Laughter, shared memories, love, light.
Sadness, shared memories, love, knowing you have another person to hold you, or hold your hand if you need it.
Someone you can cry to, rage with, and scream to the sky with; someone that understands that you might need some time alone (and is always willing to wait for you).
And sometimes it's just being, together, and knowing someone cares as much about you as you do about them.

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Something different to everyone apparently. My definition doesn't suit many people so I have few friends; but I'd rather feel lonely than used.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yes, losing them is heart breaking...

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you definitely can't behead a friend! :D

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I agree with you there.... Being used is terrible...

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

An excellent definition :D

[crescent-fresh.livejournal.com]

i believe bro in this instance qualifies as a non-gender-specific pronoun. the french do understand the complexity of wine, cheese, and surrender, however.

[mysticpickle.livejournal.com]

May I then ask what your definition is?

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

A friend would be one who offers to help when help is needed, rather than hopes they won't be asked, calls because they enjoy your company, tells you when you've stepped over a line or if they notice a change in your behavior. A friend has some idea of who you are, and has developed their notions out of interest, not necessity. My friend would be true to their word, show up when scheduled, give willingly and receive graciously. My friend cares about me not only in relation to how my happiness will affect their relationship with me, but because I am worth thier attentions, or love as it were.

I'd bore you to tears if I kept going, but let's say a friend is someone who, when they ask "how are you", actually want an answer, good or bad, long or short.

[eternalxwhisper.livejournal.com]

A friend is someone who is there for you no matter what. They carry your secrets to the grave. Tell you when you're being a rotten cow. Someone who is willing to listen to your problems and help you through them. Make you laugh and smile every chance they get. Who you can fight and argue with and know the very next day you'll both be laughing and forgetting the whole thing. They do all this and yet don't expect anything in return.

A friend is chosen family. A person you cherish above anyone else.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Love your answer here :D

[eternalxwhisper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I definitely value my friendships I've made over the years. I don't have many friends I can say I'm 'close' to =D