Classification of friends

In our life we come across many people, and of them we like some and dislike some. People we like, we consider them as friends and people we do not like, we consider them as foes. Dictionary.com defines friend as “A person whom one knows, likes and trusts.” We can categorize friends based on the intensity of our friendship. There are three kinds of friends: Acquaintances whom we meet and see only at school, guest friends, friends whom we loose as we grow, and best friends who are there for us no matter what kind of situation we are in.

Firstly, they are the acquaintances we see and meet only in school. We might have known them for ten years straight but the most we must have spoken to them about is their name and what classes they are taking. These school acquaintances are nice people to talk to, but there is never an effort to do anything more than that. If we happen to see them out of school we act like we don’t even know them. At most we will throw a smile at each other. We would never have a problem with parting company with them.

You normally don’t miss them when they are elsewhere. It is also this type of friends who give you the most amount of aggravation. Since most of the time you are placed in a position where you have to act friendly, such as school or work, you would not normally tell an acquaintance when he or she is doing something aggravating, such as tapping the fingers an a table or chewing gum loudly.

Second comes to the friends that we’ve known and will know once upon a time, who will bring back memories that people think are forgotten. When we are around with these friends, we do any thing to have a good time and a good laugh. The most we speak to them about is school, work, weekends, gossip and some parts of our life, but never our personal life and our feelings. “guess friends” usually don’t converse about anything substantial or deep, such as their desires and fears.

Usually, “guest friends” toy to keep the topic of conversation happy and light. We have fun together most of the time and we don’t mind seeing and hanging out with each other. They are ready to help us with our general problems, but any further, they are most likely to step aside.

Finally, our best friends, who are there for us all the time and try to help us out even through our deepest troubles. These friends are always ready to spare their time, joys and sorrows – may it be ours or theirs, and even their lives for us. They have seen us shed tears, embarrassed us, have been mean to us, and also have hurt us. In spite of all these, they are the only ones to whom we can ever open up to and can share our deepest, darkest secrets with. It is more like a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

They know you like the back of their hand. They are the ones that can finish your sentence even before you go to the point of it. They’re the person you can act like a nerd with, and know they’re going to be just as nerdy, like two peas in a pod. I had a best friend that told me a silly saying about best friends but it rings true in different senses. She always told me that a real and true best friend is inside the cop car with you, even when you were the one that did it, not them.