"CLOSE" friends...
Recently I had a chat with one of my associates. To my nagging remarks regarding a female counterpart, he said "WE'RE JUS REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS, THATS IT..."It made me ponder on the skewed concept of friendship. Who is a friend? When do we endow a person with this title? Isn't he/she just another person on the road, only difference being the number of words you bestow on this person. Why is this person so special? Would he do all the things your own blood would do? An immature example which always rushes to my head is: In a hypothetical situation wherein your friend is pitted against your blood...They have to make a choice between your life and theirs...Would a friend give up his/her own life for you? Don't think so! Ultimately we all love ourselves the most. But we cannot say something conclusive like this about our own blood.
So if the concept of friendship itself is skewed what is this breed called "REALLY CLOSE" friends. A set of words put together for convincing your own self is it? Suppose you are one of the lucky few who do understand the concept of friendship, where do we demarcate between friends, "really close" friends and people you know but don't talk.
To me the equation boils down to 2 variables...TRUST and COMFORT...The levels of these 2 emotions is what may distinguish and demarcate. But after all this rambling...
WHAT ARE "REALLY CLOSE" FRIENDS?
posted by Unknown @ 12:17 AM
