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Best Friends

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Rocket River, Dec 14, 2006.

  1. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    To me. . by definition . .you can only have 1 best friend
    I have several people that refer to me as their BEST FRIEND
    In all honesty. . . I cannot say any of them are My Best Friend

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    I was wondering . . .
    What makes a Person your best friend?
    Does it require that you . . in turn. . . be their best friend?

    how long have you and your best friends. . been friends?
    what Made them your best friend? time? an Event?

    Rocket River
    Curious
     
  2. macalu

    macalu Member

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    i think one can have a best friend but the feeling may not be mutual.

    i can say i've got 2 truly best friends that i know would go to bat for me and i for them. one guy and one girl. both friendships have developed over the course of ten years.

    what makes them best friends...just a bunch of **** you go through together.
     
  3. Omer

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    Yeah i wouldn't really say i have a best friend.

    I view a few people as not specifically my "best" friends but "closest" friends.

    I guess it results from knowing that person for a really long time, having done a lot with them, being able to get angry at them and still know that they will be your friend.
     
  4. rrj_gamz

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    I believe you can only have 1 true best friend...You can have many friends, but only one that can earn that honor, IMHO...I have a lot of good friends and when I'm with a significant other, I'd like them to be my BF...

    To me, a BF is when you are able to talk to them about anything or do something stupid and not feel akward or wierd...They will do anything for you, and you for them, tell you when your an a-hole and be there for you for the good, bad and ugly...
     
  5. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    I think you can have multiple best friends as well as you can love more than one person. I don't think there's really a set in stone list of how people's emotions come and go.
     
  6. arno_ed

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    In My opinion I have a couple of Real friends. About 5.
    These are the people i know i can always count on when Í have problems. one of them i do not see that often, but i know i can count on him if i need a friend.

    Of those friends
    2 are people i have so much fun with, more then with anybody else.
    the other 3 are people i usualy have good confersations.

    So for me it is importent that i can count on them when i need a friend.

    I have a lot of people i know (dutch: kenissen), i hang out with them and have fun, but they are not people I know i can count on no matter what.
     
  7. Fatty FatBastard

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    I agree, although my wedding ended up pissing a couple of guys off. That, unfortunately, is where you have to pick who goes in, and who stays out of the wedding party.

    Yet another reason to not get married. :p
     
  8. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    Why do you think I had 8 groomsmen? And there was even one more that I really wanted to be in the wedding, but it had already been too big.

    What do you think about being in love with two people at the same time? I'm not referring to anything personal, I've just always heard people say you couldn't be, but I don't see why not.
     
  9. Fatty FatBastard

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    Women or men? You can do both, obviously, but the women thing is much more taboo.

    (And yes, homophobes, I love several of my close friends.) :p
     
  10. Stack24

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    As of right now i would say i have 2 Best Friends. One i grew up with since 4th grade. The other i met about 5 years ago and we are very close friends.
     
  11. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    I mean the emotional/physical love of say a husband and wife.
     
  12. MR. MEOWGI

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    The woman I married is my best friend.
     
  13. The Captain

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    Same here.

    As far as guys go- I have 4 or 5 true friends that would also fall in the category of 'best'. You have each other's backs, would drive cross-country for any reason, etc. All the other folks are just aquaintainces, party buddies, well-wishers and hangers-on.
     
  14. DieHard Rocket

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    I have one person who is my true best friend, and a few others that I consider close but nowhere near the level of my best friend. When you've known someone for 17 years (since I was 5), grew up together living next door, and when I consider his family practically my second family and vice-versa, it's hard to say anyone else is a BEST friend too.
     
  15. finalsbound

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    JESUS is my best friend!!

    You know, I could say my best friends are the ones I've called "best friends" ever since high school...the two people I'm with the most and have so many great memories with...however, my BEST friend in the world has to be the man I love, because he knows everything about me, all the good things, and all the bad things, and he loves me through all of that. I'm looking forward to decades and decades being in love with him and growing old together. My soulmate is my best friend.
     
  16. torque

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    Just disgusting.

    :)
     
  17. RocketMan Tex

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    De Jesus say thangyouberrymush.
     
  18. Master Baiter

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    I think that you can rationalize "being in love" with two people but it is just that, rationalizing. I think that if you truly love someone that you would never let the temptation of another person ever compromise your relationship. "Being in love" with two people is a copout and bull****. It is what a weak person tries to tell themselves what happens so that they don't feel guilty.
     
  19. Rocketman95

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    What if it's never physical?
     
  20. Lil Pun

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    I call my girlfriend my best friend. Then I have several close friends as well.
     

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