Susan Krauss Whitbourne's 'Fifteen Types Of Friends'

In “What are friends for?” by Marion Winik, She explains the type of friends that you may encounter throughout your lifetime. Winik explains the benefits of each friend and the impact that they have on your life. There are eight types of friends which are your Buddies, Relative friends, Work friends, Faraway friends, Former friends, Friends you love to hate, Hero friends, and New friend. They all play a role in your life. They make your life exciting. They are the reason why you don’t go totally insane. Friends are there to help you out.

It is important to choose the right friends, good friends can take you wherever you want to go in life, and the wrong friends can be a disastrous decision. A quote from The Pact sums this up nicely, “Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you.” (32) This is why it is so important to surround yourself with positive people, and

Friendship is something that everyone needs at any time. Friendship keeps us closely interacted with our friends, it keeps you popular, keeps you away from loneliness.

Human life has been a competition for ages from careers to relationships. While friends are there for us to rely on throughout trials and triumphs, they also sometimes serve as the people we release our pent up emotions to or on. Friends must be willing

Friendship is an integral part of the life of any human being. Most people feel the need to have a person who they can communicate with and talk about their challenges at any given time. Friendship is essential in

As I grew up in high school, I realized I only need a couple of friends in my life. From the beginning of high school, this idea began to develop in my mind and will remain to do so through my post-secondary journey. I thought friendships involve being happy, supporting each other and accepting the person for who they are because no one is perfect. Expectations for

Having a friend can make you feel you make you feel like a caring person and can be treated part of a family. These feeling allow us to feel comfortable and not to be

Recent scientific research has provided conclusive evidence that the need for friends in our lives is not optional as previously thought but is in fact as essential to our well being as are healthy sources of air, water, food and physical activity. Without these things we survive, but we do not live well and not as long as we

Everyone has their own definition of what a friend is and what qualities they should obtain. To many individuals true friendship is represented by how long an individual has known someone and maintained to stay close with them through that time. However true friendship means more than just a timestamp or who lives down the block from one another. True friendship is a trait that is not found in every person met throughout a lifetime. It’s not always measured by the amount of time individuals have spent together but it’s more about the relationship created during the time spent with one another. To many individuals true friendship means having someone who respects them and supports them through every aspect of their life

So yes, for the sake of your health, you need friends—ideally the really close kind you see face-to-face on a regular basis. But even one very good friend can improve your life in profound ways, says Dr. Mark Vernon, a philosopher, psychotherapist and author of The Meaning of Friendship.

Marlene Dietrich once said, “It is the friends that you can call at four a.m. that matter.” There are many different types of friendships. Casual friendships, opposite-sex friendships, and long term friendships are all examples of the different and common types of friendships used today. Casual friends are those you can text and hangout with every once in a while, without any sort of attachment. Friends of the opposite sex are those who help you with your relationships when you are having problems, and also friends who can give you a different outlook and perspective on not just relationships but also life. Long term friends are those who have been the most dependable, and friends who you have ideally created the most memories with. These types of friendships have various benefits and include lifelong experiences.

Through my experiences I have come to realize that there are basically three types of friends a person can have. There are friends that I call “sometimes” friends, these people appear to be your friend but only when you are face to face with them, and when you are not around them they act more like a foe. They are often referred to as two faced or a back stabber. These types of friends are not very reliable nor should they be trusted. Another type of friend a person can have, and the best kind, is a “true” friend. A true friend is someone you know you can always trust and rely on no matter what. The last type of friend is the “acquaintance”. These are the type of friends that you do not necessarily hate, but at the same time you do

Is friendship part of one’s life? What are the requirements for a friend? Are friends there whenever one needs him or her? Is there constant communication between friends? How many people remember the lyrics from that Houdini song? “Friends, how many of us have them? Friends, the ones you can depend on.” The philosopher Aristotle said, “In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. They keep the young out of mischief; they comfort and aid the old in their weakness, and they incite those in the prime of life to noble deeds.”

For every person that exists, there is at least one other person with whom they will laugh with, love with, and live life with. These are the people who will support the decisions you make, encourage you to keep going after massive failures and love you despite all your flaws. We cherish the relationships we build and the friendships we have because without friends, we would be alone.

“In life have a friend that is like a mirror and a shadow; Mirror doesn't lie and a shadow never leave.” By an anonymous person. Human beings are social creatures. They needs a person to talk to, a person that one can trust. For many people that person is a friend. A friend is a person that one knows and has a mutual bond with. As stated in the quote above, a friend is someone who will tell one the truth and never leave one's side. Having this person, can help one with many things in one's life. The effects of having a best friend on oneself are seen through; the fresh perspective, feeling connected and unwavering support a best friend brings.