define:friend

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One mans friend, is another mans enemy.

This is what I've learned over the years. I've seen everyone I grew up with wrong people who were supposed to be their friends time and time again, without exception.
Why must people have friends ?
Wouldn't life be soo much easier if everyone just treated everyone else the same ?

I'm convinced that friends are the root of all evil.

Friends escape me. I don't have many of them. I can count them on one hand even if I lost a couple of fingers in an accident. Some days I wish I had more but overall I am quite fine not having any.

But what about all my MySpace friends!?!

MySpace? meh, Facebook is all the rage now.

I've always heard that myspace was hell, but now it makes sense.

Is it sad that this definition actually crossed my mind when I saw this thread?

See, friends == trouble.

Friends are generally discouraged. Self-containment and privacy are hailed. If you're going to interact with other, it had better be very, very minimal.

to each is own, i know some people who are content with having little to know friends. and then i know me, a social butterfly i am, i need socialization, i enjoy going into the depths of whichever person is my "friend" at the moment. i wish i had more friends, or not so much more as i am a bit popular, but better quality. quality pwns.

We are a social species, and I appreciate it.

No one has ever succeeded in a high scale alone, choose your friends wisely, and lead them.

Frodo couldn't have succeeded to throw the ring, if Sam wasn't there to help him...and they have a bunch of other hobbits who are really friends.

Love your enemies, and cultivate good relationships with friends, those who betray, should be forgotten as a friend.

Sometimes, we dun have to be with them everyday, doing things together, that's gay. Just maintain good relationship using MSN, or SMS, and still you can have many friends.

Humm I like my friends.

I haven't got many good ones, but then you're not supposed to. The ones I do have I wouldn't trade for the world. Might be a cheesy thing to quote poetry in an anti-friend thread, but a line comes to mind -

'the heart belong to him who knew it best'.

I like having some people in the world who really know me, even if we don't always meet each other's expectations. It's just comforting somehow...........

For me a friend is a person who would remain by my side no matter the circumstances and who'd help me be a better person.

Pessimist much?

If you always think bad of everything nothing but bad will happen in return.