Tuesday, February 19, 2008
That's what it is
The true definition of a friend when you are an adult is that person you can seldom see, but when you do it's as if you have seen each other everyday. It's the problem of growing up and having life get in the way. You don't have time for everything and more so everyone. The days get taken up with the boring day to day. Which isn't so much bad as it is different. When you are young your friends are the people you hang out with constantly and the same carries on into your young adult life. But then the truly serious significant others come into play, then kids, then careers (in no particular order). And the friends start to take a back seat. IT are those who can understand all the things that are in the way of just hanging out. Those who get the difficult planning there can be just to grab a drink after work. Those are the people worth keeping around.
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I love this blog. So true!
that is an example of a friend but as time passes, if you go too long, they turn into acquaintences, then later a good memory of "remember when". then even later, the question you ask yourself is, i wonder what happened there? and in the end, it can be sort of sad
to be a good friend though, i think it requires genuine interest in a persons life, care, thoughts, you support them in good and bad times, etc. even if one doesn't have a lot of time, or chooses to spend it with only a select group of friends that are in presence of mind. it doesn't take much to do this. its just priorities and balance. lots of ways to communicate out there.
the older you get, your friend list becomes smaller ,but the ones you have, are hopefully true and will help you, support you, and be there. the occassional meet and greet for a catchup is ok, but the differences are huge. . .
my comments are not meant for anyone in particular on this blog.. just my own general comments to get reader feedback and based on some personal experiences.
I don’t know if true friends can turn into acquaintances. I think they may have always been acquaintances that just may have seemed to be friends because of convenience, be that worked at the same place, lived next to each other, whatever. But yes even when that grows so far apart it can be very sad.
You make a lot of good points and by no means is there an exact right or wrong definition of what a friend is.
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