You My Friend II

Answer me this question: How Do You Define A Friend?

It seems to be a very simple and straight forward question but your answers are bound to include some 'grey' areas and countless possibilities.

What is the basis on considering someone as a friend?

Is a friend someone whom you have met up personally? How 'bout other people whom u have never met but interacted over the internet at chat talks or forums?

Do you consider someone you have had a conversation with as a friend? Or is the duration of knowing somebody constitutes him or her as a friend?

Do you regard your friend's friend as a friend?

Do you consider someone as a friend if that person does not consider you as one?

As you can see, everybody has their own interpretation of a friend. Some are 'stricter' than others.

Different people have different opinions, ideas, acceptance or judgement over which who is considered a friend or not.

And some would go further by categorising people as colleagues or acquaintance. Well, i leave that to your own judgment.

I myself find it hard to really put a foot down and have a rule to define someone as a friend. Mostly, it's just the feeling of 'feel like it'. Heck! It's easier to define someone as an enemy rather than a friend!

As the saying goes... "Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies EVEN CLOSER."