How many good friends do you have?

[Scribble]

I have only around five good friends in RL, and most of them don't know each other. I don't really have much in common with the people in my age group - I don't go out partying on Friday/Saturday nights, don't like sports, etc.

What about you? I'm not talking about people you say "hi" to every so often. I'm talking about actual friends.

 

[temp]

How many people are on GAF? You're all my good friends, guys.

 

[Alien Bob]

my girlfirend and this other girl who was my first real friend...

That's about it... the only other people I occasionally hang out with are classmates...


everyone else is just not good enough for me

 

[Patrick Bateman]

How many people are on GAF? You're all my good friends, guys.

Who are you?

 

[Thriller]

How many people are on GAF? You're all my good friends, guys.

My day just got better man!
I have 4 or 5 buddies for life and a load of normal school friends, and i just heard all GAFfers are my friends so im a lucky guy!

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

I have about 10 really good friends. And 2 of them I would consider my best friends.

 

[Gibous]

How many people are on GAF? You're all my good friends, guys.

Aww, shucks... I guess that means I now have one good friend. What a great day!

 

[elektrikluv]

I have an large number of friends who I'm friendly with, go out with every now and then, have a laugh with (I'm just the sort of person who makes friends wherever I go) not to mention classmates, but about 5/6 I'd consider very close/best friends.

 

[angelfly]

Only 3 and the worst part is after high school we all split up but still talk once in a while.

 

[Armitage]

I dunno... I don't have any one person who I'm really, really close with. I have maybe 2 or 3 who I'm quite close with, but not the point of being able to tell them every little thing about myself.

 

[HolyCheck]

a small group of about 6 or 7 that i normaly hang out, like the, it's just assumed you're there kinda thing, then i guess theres the fringe friends who are invite neccesairy for about 5 - 10 people then theres just others who are friends or yeah .

 

[Shahadan]

In my conception of friendship, I'd say 0.

But if we take the usual conception of friendship, maybe 3.

 

[Kosma]

There are 5 people (including my GF) for whom I'd do anything to help them, and I know it's the same the other way around, a sign of true friendship imho. Even though I'm not really close with one of them anymore and one of them emigrated to China. Then there are a number of people who are good friends too but I don't see them that often. Although one is starting to ascend to great friend status over the past few months.

I get along with almost everyone pretty damn well and I'm pretty social, but I often don't feel like investing time in new friendships unless it's really someone with whom it "clicks".

 

[Jake.]

i have about five close friends in my city (two i would call best friends) and a few others in perth and melbourne. i have a fair few 'aquaintances' though.

 

[APerfectCircle]

i watch people with so called "friends" who then procede to bitch about each other behind backs etc. i have, maybe 4 real friends (one is a gf who actually is a real classy friend beyond physical relationship). i'm pretty happy with it, i recon life is much better with an entourage style friendship (hell, everyone has fucking anoying things about them, better of laughing at each other, moving on, accept it etc) than heaps anyway.

 

[LCGeek]

4 for me it's tough finding actual friends.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

0.

I have issues w/ them all.

 

[Yixian]

Guys naturally have much smaller social networks than girls. Until I left college I had about 5 or 6 "best friends" and a moderately sized web of acquaintances. As anyone who ever took a year out knows, as soon as you start a gap year and all your mates disappear off to uni, that network takes a pretty severe hit, but I've still got a bunch of my better mates nearby.

Having travelled, worked and trained a lot over the past year my ring of acquaintances is pretty big, but not particularly useful :lol

I make friends easily, but generally am content after I've found 5 or 6 real close ones wherever I am in life - I'd say this is true of most men.

 

[slider]

Close friends? At the moment I'd say 4 - dudes that I can talk to about anything.

To clarify that "anything" comment. Some dude's uncle I knew a few years back said to me "don't trust anyone you don't have dirt on..." He was a hardcore drunk but the moment was very Hollywood.

So yeah, when I say anything I mean they're guys I can trust with my dirt.

But I'm a bit of a dick in that if I don't see people fairly regularly I let them just slip off the radar. I can count roughly 13 people I don't see/speak to anymore... just cos. No man is an island except slider.

 

[Relix]

Wow, so many antisocials here lol. I must say, around 12 good friends, and a hell of a bunch of normal friends. Learn to go out guys lol

 

[Shahadan]

Wow, so many antisocials here lol. I must say, around 12 good friends, and a hell of a bunch of normal friends. Learn to go out guys lol

Oh my, you're clever.

 

[Great King Bowser]

5 who I'm close with.

1 of whom I'd say was like a brother, I can see us being friends when we're old and have tales to tell our grandkids of our hijinx.

 

[Scribble]

Guys naturally have much smaller social networks than girls. Until I left college I had about 5 or 6 "best friends" and a moderately sized web of acquaintances. As anyone who ever took a year out knows, as soon as you start a gap year and all your mates disappear off to uni, that network takes a pretty severe hit, but I've still got a bunch of my better mates nearby.

This is what's happening to me (Except that I'm doing an extra year of college). 3 of the 5 good friends I have are going to uni, and I've lost contact with all my acquaintances. I've always seen those three friends as "friends for life", and I wonder if the uni thing will stop that from happening. But we'll see, anyway. I've met a few very cool people in college, but it's really rare that I actually "click" with someone.

I don't really care for having friends "for convenience" (just for the sake of saying that I have friends) so if I make just one or two really good friends in college, I'm happy.

Wow, so many antisocials here lol. I must say, around 12 good friends, and a hell of a bunch of normal friends. Learn to go out guys lol

Everyone's different, so stop trying to pigeon-hole people. It's not a popularity contest.

I also find it pretty hilarious when people say "go out"....Go out and do what, exactly? What if you're not into partying, going for a drink, etc? Lol.

 

[Stahsky]

Wow, so many antisocials here lol. I must say, around 12 good friends, and a hell of a bunch of normal friends. Learn to go out guys lol

Two of those "good friends" have cheated/stolen from you in the past 4 months.

 

[Gav]

Friends for life, i have 7. Talk to them near enough daily and would do anything for them.

Other good friends, a load. Everyone stayed in touch after high school, and when everyone went away for uni.

 

[APerfectCircle]

Wow, so many antisocials here lol. I must say, around 12 good friends, and a hell of a bunch of normal friends. Learn to go out guys lol

haha, having few friends is antisocial? or maybe its just recognising that having a few close real friends is better than heaps of fake ones? a lot of people go out alot, have a good time with their friends without the need for networking new people to say hello to once every few weeks.

 

[John Dunbar]

Maybe one.

 

[nilay]

about 10 for me i forget

 

[pjberri]

I also find it pretty hilarious when people say "go out"....Go out and do what, exactly? What if you're not into partying, going for a drink, etc? Lol.

I do, too, and I go out fairly often. I definitely meet people when out and shit but none of them I would say are good friends. They're just people I know, really.

BUT, going out is a great way to make people you've met elsewhere like you more, so do that.

I have a handful of good friends, probably more than I deserve.

 

[capslock]

I would say between 5-10.

 

[Relix]

Well... I met most of my "good" friends while on High School and now in College, those HS guys have been sticking with me for 5 years so I can consider them good friends, and the college ones have been with me for around 2 years, but they are all nice and have never backstabbed me or anything so... GOOD FRIENDS! =P.

As for going out... I mean, try to hook up with a friend, go to a pub, parties, beaches (if any), to see a movie, just hang around in the car and go to McDonalds at midnight, stuff like that. Sorry if I sounded like an asshole though :lol

 

[NZer]

What's a good friend? If it's someone you talk you basically every day, someone who you go to movies with, play sports with, and basically knows you pretty well, I'd say about 10.

 

[Scribble]

As for going out... I mean, try to hook up with a friend, go to a pub, parties, beaches (if any), to see a movie, just hang around in the car and go to McDonalds at midnight, stuff like that. Sorry if I sounded like an asshole though :lol

I do all that stuff with my current friends, anyway (Except the partying thing, as I said earlier), but we don't actually make new friends in the process. I'm not a "social butterfly" type who can make small talk with random strangers on the street, but I'm perfectly capable of making friends in a "forced" (for lack of a better word) environment such as college and stuff.

 

[Mau ®]

When you say good friends you mean like true friends?

I have a good amount of friends but really good friends? Id say about 5 or 6, its very hard to know who to trust.

 

[Yixian]

This is what's happening to me (Except that I'm doing an extra year of college). 3 of the 5 good friends I have are going to uni, and I've lost contact with all my acquaintances.

It's not that you won't stay friends with those guys, whenever I see any of them it's like no time has passed, but inevitably you see them less and are less a part of that scene.

There are benefits and drawbacks to gap years, that's one of them. Just keep traveling, working, seeing the dudes that are around etc. until you start yourself.


I agree with you on disliking the "friends for convenience" thing. I don't make friends with just anyone, but anyone who I'm compatible with I'm usually mates with pretty quickly, I usually make myself one of the players in most convos as I always have a half baked opinion on everything, and that kinda helps cutting through the shit and identifying who I'll get along with

 

[Natsume]

I'm glad other people have said zero because I find myself in that predicament at the moment. I had a really good friend but he moved away to the other side of the world and my other friends all go to different schools so I don't get to see them much.

 

[ten5ive9ine]

The internet is my best friend.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

3 best friends, another 3 really close, and 9 that are good friends who I don't see as much as I'd like to, and I dunno, 11-20 people I chat with frequently.

 

[pjberri]

I'm not a "social butterfly" type who can make small talk with random strangers on the street

I don't know anyone who is, anyone who does this is all liquored up, doggy dogg. Get some substances in you and you'll be hugging strangers on the street.

Get some coke, everyone should do it, ask Yixian if you're having trouble scoring.

 

[ten5ive9ine]

ask Yixian if you're having trouble scoring.

 

[madara]

I have four. One named Me, ah the other named Myself, third is I and last one has the most delightful lips, that would be Ms Johansen

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

How many people are on GAF? You're all my good friends, guys.

plus my wife. I hate living here for this very reason. My closest friend right now is about 2811.9 miles away, give or take.

 

[worldrunover]

I have many good friends... well, let's see... maybe 6. But only 2 or 3 I can count on to hang out at any given moment, since the rest are either too far away or too far up their girlfriend's asses (you know the type). But I'd say I have about 6 friends I could trust with anything and know they wouldn't let me down.

 

[Servbot #42]

in RL none, online 2 or 3

 

[sky]

Probably 3 or 4 "lifers"... the rest I'd still consider good friends, but I just wouldn't guarantee that we'd still be close 10 years down the road.

 

[Vic]

0.

I have issues w/ them all.

Same here.

 

[Lost Fragment]

1.

Maybe 1/2.

 

[Troidal]

Friendship is built on years and years of trust...I have a few where we see how far we've gone in the past 10 years and those are the real ones.

Anything short of that is still what I consider casual friendship. People come and go, like I've come and gone to and from different place. Some will remember you and keep in touch, others just forget you, thats just the way life is.

 

[demon]

I have one friend. We've been good friends for a while, but she recently moved five hours away, and that's pretty much it for our friendship as we know it. It's now officially a "long distance friendship" and we'll see how much we really stay in touch and keep up to date on each other's lives 6 months from now, a year from now, 3 years from now.....

 

[HomShaBom]

I have no actual friends.