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    thing is to have friends, and it’s a natural thing to have them. Everyone in the globe has a lot of friends, and it’s hard for most people to count them. Friends are important to have because they are like a family when things get worse in life, and are always there to support you whenever you’re in need. All the friends that we have, you would think that it would be hard to differentiate between various types of friends, but that is not how it works. We can recognize the best friend, the acquaintance’s

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    “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together” – Woodrow Wilson. The dictionary definition of a friendship is a relationship between two people who have become friends through mutual interests. However, friendship means so much more than just similar interests. It is a strong bond that had been grown over a period of time that is hard to break. For most people friendships begin at school. School is the first place where you are really exposed to kids around your age

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    A recent study of sexual relationship among Romantic Partners, Friends, Friends with Benefits, and Casual Acquaintances as Sexual Partners was conducted by two researchers Wyndol Furman from the Department of Psychology, University of Denver and Laura Shaffer from the Department of Psychology, University of Louisville Schools of Medicine. Authors, through their intensive research and sample studies, interviews and questionnaires, have examined and concluded their findings on sexual behaviors with

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    Classification of friends Making friends is an essential part of growing up. When we're younger the friends we choose are often made shallowly. Children may befriend other children who have the favorite color as them. Or when you are a teenager you might befriend someone because they like the same musical artist as you. The older you get the more you realize these friends play a special part in your life. These people have different traits from their personality that appeals to you in one way or

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    innocent 16 year old boy who has never perpetrated a crime before, is on trial for murder for Mr.Nesbitt along with James King, so how innocent is Mr.Steve Harmon after all? Mr.Nesbitt was the owner of the drugstore that was robbed by Mr.King and his acquaintances, he was killed by being shot in the lung with his gun. Steve’s time is mostly spent being defended by Miss O’Brien and be prosecuted by Sandra Petrocelli. The verdict of the jury was, Steve was declared not guilty,

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    Friends are very important to me in my life. Although you have family who loves you and always is there for you, it’s nice to have someone that you can always lean on. It is nice to have someone who is not biologically related to you, but someone that you can relate your life to them. Everyone has different reasons for why they need friends. My top three reasons I need friends are to add joy to my life, have someone to talk to, and have someone to be with. I need friends to add joy to my life because

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    Friends “People who only contact you when they need something from you are just acquaintances. Not friends”. This is a quote by Rick Warren. “Each person has a core group of about 5 friends. This expands to a bigger circle of 15, then 50, and then 150.” (“No New Friends”).A person can only have a few close friends but at the same time we can have lots of acqaintances. “A close friend isn’t necessarily a best friend, but he or she is someone you include in your inner circle.” (What Makes Someone

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    people who spend time together, those who are just school-friends, work-friends or acquaintances; however, friendship is not just between people who call themselves friends and spend time together or just work associates, but is an ever-lasting connection between two people that is built and maintained through a deep sense of trust and support. Friendship, as defined in the Merriam Webster dictionary is the “state of being friends” and friends is defined as “one attached to another through affection

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    well do they know you? Placing people in your life into categories like “acquaintance”, “casual friend”, and “significant other” easily sets an expectation for what kind of relationship you have and how well you know one another. It’s easy to say an acquaintance knows you hardly at all. Or your casual friend knows a bit, but not a lot. And obviously your significant other knows more than either the acquaintance or the casual friend. But if you were to question the people in your life, would your knowledge

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    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

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