What is the real meaning of friend?
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A REAL FRIEND:  This person is the one that no matter what is there for you.  When your up and when you are down.  This is not a "yes man" but a person that has your best interests at heart and will tell you when you are going down the wrong road.  This person is happy for you when things are good and crys with you when things go bad.  Some times we out grow a friendship and it is time to let it go. You have to work at friendship like any other realtionship, if both are not working at it, it will die, sometimes it is best to let it go.  A real friend will keep working and fighting for you.
111140
Guapacita is right on the money. A true friend is someone you can trust completely and totally. A person is lucky to have as many as one,although it's possible to have a lot of lesser friends.
183952
That depends on who and what you call friends.  A true friend has to start with being one yourself. A true friend will never leave you and will always be there through the good and the bad. :)
135460
A FREIND IS SOMEONE THAT WILL STICK WITH YOU THROUGH THICK OR THIN... NO MATTER WHAT YOU GO THROUGH...SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST TO NOT TELL YOUR SECRETS OR LIE TO YOU SOMEONE WHO IS ALLWAYS THERE FOR YOU AND YOU FOR THEMM... UNTILL THE END,,, ALLWAYS FRIENDS
1082104
Sorry true friend are not a dime a dozen.\nYou cannot say you want a friend, and expect to get one.\nDo you know what a friend is?
110364
Friendship is an in-depth relationship. Friendship is comfortable and relaxed. Friendship requires meeting the needs of both friends.\n"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival."
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In a perfect world people would actually say what they mean and leave all the games and BS behind.  In that world, just friend would really mean just friends.  To bad we don't live in that world.  In this one, just friends could mean anything form I love you, to just friends, to I hate you.  Good luck, my best advice is to find someone who can just say what they feel.
195610
The Real Friend is the person you can sit with and not having any conversation at all ... and u feel so good about it\n\nThe real Friend is the person with whom YOU FEEL YOUR SELF BEST WHEN U R WITH THEM... :)
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One of two\n"A true friend is one soul in two bodies"\n\n"A good friend will bail you out of jail, but a great friend will be right there beside you saying 'damn that was fun'"
368648
True friends are those who support you in whatever you do, will advise you if they think you're going in the wrong direction. They take the time to say hello if they know you're feeling bad. They will always be friends and forgive you if you upset them. A true friend can be someone you hardly see or who is there all the time. I know I haveone trued friend because he listens to me and allows me to listen to him. We give each other advice but know when we only want a listening ear. He cheers me up when I'm down and goes out of his way to make sure I have someone to talk to.
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A friend is someone that comes back, and that you come back to. If something happens that makes one of you not EVER go back, then you are not true friends.
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Someone I can trust with my life, secrets and woes.\n\nA friend is some who is always there for you at any time of the day or night.\n\nThey laugh with you, when things are good. \n\nLet you cry on their shoulder when your down or sad, and even cry with you when things are really bad. \n\nAnd expect NOTHING but your friendship and loyalty in return.\n\nBut of course you would be there in an instant when they needed you!
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We all have friends; men friends, women friends, boy friends, girl friends, even children friends. Whether we are a man or a woman we have friends that we chat with and interact with everyday of out lives; yet how many of the people we call friends are true friends and what is a true friend? That is something that I believe is different for everyone, it is a personal observation and need. We as human beings all have different needs and wants; no two of us is alike in every way, therefore we all see things in different ways. Still some basic similarities for true friendships can’t be over looked. \n\nLet’s look at things that I believe to be similar for all people. First, you need someone you can share your deepest thoughts and feelings with, someone whom you trust explicitly, it does not matter where you meet them or how long you have known them; there is something between you that says, “I trust this person and I want to share everything with this person.” I know there are many doubters reading this yet this is true and I will give you an example. A few months ago, I met just such a person we met online. Being a divorced single woman, I had lost much of my faith in human kind in general and that was even truer of men; my ex-husband had squelched all that I believed in and even after almost 3 years I could not really trust men, even though I tried, the trust just was not there. I belong to a divorce support group on the internet and through that group; I met a man who struck me as someone I could trust. I cannot explain just why I thought I could trust him, yet I did. We talked on line for months and as we did it became even clearer to me that I could and would learn to trust him. I was vacillating back and forth whether to move back to my home in Florida, I really wanted to come back home yet I was afraid that I would not find a job and was not real sure what to do. My newfound friend kept telling me it was right that it was something I should do because he knew by what I was saying that I was not happy living in Ohio. When my newfound friend offered to come and help me make the move, still I wasn’t sure. The next thing I know this man had made his plane reservations and I was moving. I had a very hard time believing that he was really coming, yet I trusted him. Still driving to the airport the morning of the move I was still wondering if he would be there, he was there and we met for the first time in person, I knew then he was a true friend. It still wasn’t until we actually started our drive from Ohio to Florida that I realized how much of a true friend he was. He knew when something was bothering me almost before I did and like wise, I could tell when something was bothering him. We talked for the entire trip, which made the trip very enjoyable, and very soul searching. I truly feel I have found at least one true friend. Yet should I stop there, emphatically no. He is a male friend, for women there are things that we don’t like to talk about with our male friends no matter how close they are and the same holds true for men, they have issues that they would prefer not to share with a woman. We need friends of both sexes and I do have some fairly close and true female friends. \n\nThis is only an example of what I have encountered. Through the years, friends have come and gone yet true friends are yours forever. Now let’s look for more signs you have found a true friend. \n\nYou are stranded with a broken down car, it’s 3 in the morning, you know that all of your “friends” are sleeping and have to go to work in a few hours; who do you call? You think about all your “friends” and mentally check off the list the “friends” that you would not call to come to your rescue. Finally, you find that one person you think will be of assistance and you call their number and wait for them to answer. When their ringing phone finally wakes them out of that sound sleep what is their reaction? A “true friend
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Friendship is loyal, unconditionally.  A friend will bail you out of jail, a true loyal friend will be with you patting you on the back saying...Man we screwed up !
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Friendship in One word means "Surabhi" \n\nYes ur my friendship and thats what friendship means to me.
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kind, honest, loyal, respectful, etc.  A good friend should treat friends the way he/she wants to be treated.  He/she must keep must know how to keep promises.  He/she must listen when a friend is talking.   He/she must know how to share.  He/she must be considerate.
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A good friend is someone who believes in you and supports you.  A good friend is someone who helps you when you're right and tells you when you're wrong.  A good friend is someone who knows the value of friendship and treasures it.  A good friend is someone who will stick by you, through the good times and the bad.  A good friend is someone who is honest with you.  A good friend is there to give a shoulder to cry on whenever it is needed and to lend an understanding  ear whenever it is needed.  A good friend cares.  A good friend does not help you to do wrong but encourages you to do right.  I could go on and on but I think i've made my point.