I have a simple question for all of you. What makes someone a friend? How do you draw the line between friend and aquaintance? When someone is your friend...what does that mean?
This is how I feel... (sorry this is sooo long by the way...)yellowxtgirlJune 5 2005, 01:10:18 UTC
Okay long story... but, we read this book a few weeks ago about the different types of relationships with God. The one that spoke to me the most was "God as Friend". In this relationship, your relationship is by choice. You choose your friends and they choose you back
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Not an answer, but relatedmlvlnt_dionysisJune 5 2005, 06:53:38 UTC
So we haven't talked in a while... Not sure what happened. This is Luke, by the way. I was just browsing through thefacebook and saw your profile on my friend's list and rememberd that we haven't talked. Hit me back on AIM if you'd like (mlvlnt dionysis). Hope to talk to you soon.
I'm not very deep. A friend is someone who you seek out just to be in the presense of, to do stuff together (doesn't really matter what). Aquaintances are generally people who you see as somewhat of a factor of what you are doing that day, or people that you interact with on a business level or with some other goal. Friends are people you interact with just because it's nice to do so.
There's also something about trust, doin' nice stuff because you want to make them happy, sharing information with them more than other people, but that's too much writing for me!
Friend: A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. Acquaintance: Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship. A relationship based on such knowledge. A person whom one knows. Knowledge or information about something or someone. (Dictionary.com)
So I basically agree with what everyone else has said, an acquaintance is someone you know personally, but do not have the deep and meaningful bond reminiscent of a friendship.
So, If you feel like you dont have that bond with people, are they not your friend? If you've never had a deep conversation with someone, or about something meaningful, then how do you know? I sound kinda crazy, I realize this...but I've been thinking a lot about the people in my life lately.
I don't know really, I've just happened to have deep meaningful conversations with most of my friends. And those who I haven't had such talks with aren't as good of friends. I don't know that it's connected, it's just reality. I think that there's more to 'friend' and 'aquaintance' than black and white. There's different types: those who know your deepest darkest secrets, those who know some of them, etc. At the top of your list- or one end of the continuum if you don't like ranking people :) - is your first, and sometimes only, confidant. At the bottom are those who you will never meet. And everyone else falls somewhere in between, unfortunately it's up to you to decide where those people lie. I've gone through the same thing before, and every time I find that it comes down to how you ultimately feel in you heart. You'll figure it out, I'm sure. :)
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Are you coming home during the summer?... b/c we should hang out sometime!
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There's also something about trust, doin' nice stuff because you want to make them happy, sharing information with them more than other people, but that's too much writing for me!
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Acquaintance: Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship. A relationship based on such knowledge. A person whom one knows. Knowledge or information about something or someone. (Dictionary.com)
So I basically agree with what everyone else has said, an acquaintance is someone you know personally, but do not have the deep and meaningful bond reminiscent of a friendship.
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I've gone through the same thing before, and every time I find that it comes down to how you ultimately feel in you heart. You'll figure it out, I'm sure. :)
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