How Many Friends would you say you have?

FBaby

I am very fortunate to have many friends but it is one of my biggest source of stress because I constantly worry that I don't treat them as they deserve to be. They are all special and I am very lucky to have them as friends, I just sometimes wish I had less so I could dedicate more time and attention to individual ones, but then I wouldn't be able to make a decision on who to give up because I love them all as friends! I do get to the point when I shy away from a potential new friendship because of it. When I am retired, I plan on repaying them all for having been such good friends all those years.

NobodysChild

I have 6 close friends.

3 who live within a mile of me, 2 who live about 20 miles away, and one 100 miles away. The first five are friends I socialise with, and who I go out to lunch with/have coffee with/go to the cinema with etc. The sixth one I see 3 times a year, when we meet up and spend the day together. But we communicate regularly via FB and email. Me and the 3 who live close to me, all know each other, and get together about once a month for a girlie night out or we have lunch together.

Also I am friendly with about 10 others who I meet at various groups and social events and at the pub etc, but they are more 'friendly acquaintances' rather than actual friends.

I get on OK with my work colleagues, but do not class them as friends. I don't like work and personal life colliding. Luckily, nobody I work with lives anywhere near me, and they don't know anyone I know either.

[Deleted User]

None for me

harrys_nan

I haven't any friends in that sense of the word, I know quite a few people. I don't live where I was born and grew up, so lost touch with school friends and I guess once I was married, I was more than happy to be with my family. I am very close to my kids and they would be the ones I went to if I needed any help.
I don't seem able to make friends, but I will chat to anyone and everyone, so I think I'm a nice person,:rotfl:

Trixsie1989

Around 4 which includes my oh. Lots of acquaintances though xx

HeavyMetalFan

Orlando_Virgin wrote: »

It depends on your definition of a friend? I think it's extremely sad that so many people in the thread have already said none! Surely that must be extremely hard?

I have 2 friends who I treat like brothers, I would be there for them in any situation at any time, and likewise they would do the same. But I have tons of other friends, my football team mates, work mates, old school mates etc. Would I trust them or rely on them in my time of need? No. I don't need to because I have my 2 "brothers" and my family for that. But that doesn't mean I can't be friends with them.

I still enjoy their company a bloody lot when we're out together enjoying ourselves and socialising. They have qualities I enjoy and some I don't, and I'm sure they say the same about me. Life would be pretty boring for me if I just spent time with the same two people all the time.

I think people are are too demanding of each other these days and set standards for "how their friends should be". You just have to be selective about who you trust, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy people who aren't in your inner circle's company.

Sums up my thoughts to a tee.

FatVonD

My DH is my best mate but, other than him, I'm a rubbish friend, I'm not good at keeping in touch with people.

I've had different very close friends at different stages of my life and then life changes and it's all too easy to lose touch with them.

I'm still in touch with my closest friend from my mid thirties but probably only see her about once a year.

Three friends from my 20s have recently tracked me down on linkedin and I've seen them a couple of times.

I still meet my last 2 bosses (who became friends) for coffee or a drink occasionally and I've become friends with my next door neighbour in the last 6 months or so.

I'm friends with another woman that I worked with years ago and our paths cross every few years as the field we work in is quite small, I would consider her a friend more than a colleague (we've been on holiday together etc.) and know lots of stuff about each other's lives that go beyond that of being just colleagues.

There are three or four others who I would consider friends that, although we only ever meet through work, we help each other out by passing on any work we can't do to each other if we're already booked and just general gossip about the business.

The group of friends from my late teens and early twenties I only ever see at weddings or funerals.

SingleSue

No close friends here, I put up far too many walls for anyone to penetrate to the real me below.

I used to have close friends, one died and the other ran off with my husband!

Mercenary

I'm naturally a bit of a loner, so I only have one old school-friend who lives 100 miles away. We don't really keep in touch much, but when we do meet again it's like the years melt away.
And there's one friend nearby who I see briefly every couple of months or so as she has a very busy family life.
Otherwise that's it. I got moved around the country several times following my OH's job, so any budding friendships were lost each time, and I gave up trying.
Now I can't be bothered, as I want to move back to where I grew up in a couple of years' time. Then maybe I'll discover some new people who are as sarcastic and odd as me .

LostSoulForever

Have been debating whether to post to the thread or not.. But hey-ho what could possible go wrong :eek:

None here as well.. Saying it out loud doesn't make it any better either, especially at this time of the year