Friends, Acquaintances, Blah Blah Blah

Started by Dedenne1 September 30th, 2015 3:54 PM
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Dedenne1

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So ya what do you guys think about friends?, Whats your thoughts on friendship? Friends outside of online vs friends online?

How many friends do you have about? Do you tend to have alot or a little?
Do you consider some people just acquaintances instead of friends?
Have any Backup friends? (friends you only hang out with when such and such isnt available)
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Crystal Berry

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Posted December 19th, 2019
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I don't differentiate between online and offline friends.

I have some friends. I wouldn't say a lot, but I wouldn't say a little either. I would probably have more if I approached people first, but I stopped doing that! I have many acquaintances and I don't consider any of them to be my friends if we don't talk much. I guess I've never had a "backup friend". It doesn't take much to be my friend because I'm super friendly and sociable.

Wicked3DS

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Posted October 5th, 2021
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I tend to settle into a smaller group of friends with everyone else being mostly acquaintances. I guess it's just because I'm not super outgoing and I'm not the one to approach people.

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Life without friends would be incredibly boring. I'm so glad that I have some really great friends both in real life and here as I can't imagine what I'd do without them.

I do consider some people acquaintances more than friends but it doesn't take much for me to consider someone a friend. Acquaintances are more like people who I've only known for a really short time and don't know well, if barely at all.

As for real life or online, it really doesn't matter to me. My best friend is a guy I met on the first day of Kindergarten whilst some people that I consider as good as family come from these forums. I'm grateful for any friend I have and I have as much of a good time with my real life friends as I do online and vice versa.

I don't think I have any backup friends though? I have some friends I talk to a lot more than others but I wouldn't call those I don't speak to as often backup.
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IRL I have only like 2 friends, because I never keep in touch with people, so it's mostly my fault, it's something I need to improve.
Online I have a few more, because it's easier to contact them, plus I tend to think of people as friends rather easily.

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Posted November 27th, 2015
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I think of friendship as like Teamwork/Brotherhood/Clan. I prefer outside since you can meet, and talk. I have numbers of friends. I only make acquaintances when we're cooperating with each other to achieve one goal, and most of the times I think of my friends as a part of my family.
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Posted December 3rd, 2020
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I have only one true friend who is like brother to me, and even now we rarely talk because of our jobs... We know each other for 8 years so I don't think we're gonna lose contact.

The rest are just acquaintances, people I just know and talk to from time to time.

I had a group of people where we were spending time with each other online constantly, but I lost contact with them. That's what happens when I stop talking to people because I have adult life. Most of people I know are still young and they have time, I don't sadly.

If it comes to IRL, I have a group of buddies and I always make sure I spend time with them at the last day of year.
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I'm friendly with lots of people, but I only consider few close friends. After that I have friends I can associate with alone, but its way less frequent and these are friends i typically have an activity that I do with them.. aka not just hanging out at their house. anyone past that is typically a friend i can only hang out with when there are other people with us. and then after that are acquaintances, aka when we run into each other we're friendly and say a few words, but I never hang out with them.

it's hard to compare online friends to friends irl because where i never hang out with my online friends it's hard to create that bond/closeness that you get from hanging out irl. only person i can think of where this doesn't apply so much is nick because we have talked so many times for so long that it feels very natural. sometimes i forget we haven't actually met
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Posted October 18th, 2015
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I think any friendship with someone, be it online or offline is just as equal to the other. I only have one friend right now and that is my fiance. I would like to have more online friends though. part of the reason I joined here. I helps with my anxiety to be able to talk with others. I also enjoy getting to know people and allowing them to learn about me. (I am open to talk to just about anyone btw, I added my skype here in case anyone ever wants to chit chat on there, just let me know who you are lol) I don't feel the "need" for friends because I feel I have found a forever friend in my fiance, he is my best friend and will always be.

I think anyone that you can let your guard down for, even if it is only 10% down, that can be considered a friendship.
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