Mostly acquaintances.

Few good friends.

I think it all depends on how you define "friend".....I think there's several levels of friends, and it's normal to just have a few "inner circle" friends....aquaintences, to me, are people I know and recognize, but haven't really talked to them much to get to know them....and some friends, know me, and I know them, but not all that well....they might know i have four children, and one died, but they won't necessarily know that all three sons have served in the military, and my daughter is working and about to finish her Associates' degree....etc...

And, nobody, are you asking to be lynched or something? I don't know about you, but I live in the real world, and i thought we were BFFs!! LOL!!!

i have very few rl frineds, i only count two, outside of family, and most times cannot discuss illness with them
my true friends are here, everyone here accepts me just as i am and i can come here to talk when i'm down or having problems
hugs
andrea

Yes Star we are real friends. Ds is as much a part of my real world as brick and mortar. See as a real friend you should know I really hate cats. =)

Here's a message I got today from one of my "friends":

"I HAVEN"T REALLY HEARD TOO MUCH FROM YOU FOR QUITE AWHILE, SO IF I"M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN BEING FRIENDS SO I'M REMOVING YOU FROM MY FRIENDS LIST"

So I guess there are acquaintances who are almost friends . . . .and acquaintances who are almost enemies. Arrgghhhh. Don't people suck (except for me)? LOL

Just curious Batty was this someone who understands BP swings or just a normie?

I have three people whom I have known for a very long time. There is a mutual emotional connection between us. We all have chosen different paths in our lives and live in different parts of the country. Remarkably we have kept up with each other via cards, emails, telephone conversations and rare visits with each other.

We may not correspond with each other for six, eight months or more. We rarely have opportunities to see each other in person, but when we do see each other or talk on the phone or send emails and cards, we pick up right where we left off~~almost as if time had stopped but now suddenly it has started again.

Proximity, time and daily contact has little to do with defining friendship; in my mind true long-lasting friendship is a spiritual, kindred connection that is never doubted, never broken beyond repair and never forgotten.

I believe if we have only one true friend during the course of our lifetime, we are tremendously blessed.

Relationships with acquaintances vary greatly in degrees of intensity depending on the circumstances or environment that bring people together. I use the term "friend" loosely in that I have friends from work, friends from church, friendly neighbors, or just people I have known for a very long time and who have known me, etc.

I will be sure to shut them in the bedroom when you come over, nobody, and count them when you leave!!!

I have a mixture of both, but just recently I have found some really good friends. I met a girl at school like 4 years ago who has been a really good friend to me, and though her I have met her sister and another friend. It all happened really fast and now these three girls are there for me through thick and thin

I don't really have any people that I would consider friends, but I have a lot of acquaintances. I tend to be very friendly (even when I don't want to be). I have 3 sisters and we are all very close so I've never felt the need to have close friends. My sisters have been through everything with me and know exactly everything that has happened in the past so I don't have to try to explain everything I go through to another person. I just don't think they would really understand.

I sometimes worry that I should build stronger relationships with some of my acquaintances as I know friendships are very important. But it takes effort that I just don't have most of the time.

along the way, many people that I treated and considered as friends just turned out to be only acquaintances, the circle of trust is getting smaller.

I lost a true friend last week in a car accident, he was a true friend, that would really have been there for me when I needed him, now I only have another 3, whom are scattered around the globe and I didn't even tell them I am Bipolar, they may not understand.

Even my parents turned out to be acquaintances, lol

I have now, my wife, my pdoc and DS, that's my circle.

ScubaBeeper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfvM4RLlYqo&feature=related

I have maybe 6 or 7 friends and that includes a few DS friends and/or a few in the real that are the beginning of my inner circle and know alot about me and whom I trust and then of course I have my bestest
Sara who I do believe knows ALL my secrets, lives in my head and I would trust with anything as I know even tho we fight (some weeks alot) that in the end even tho she may not understand or agree with something I do she finds a way to still be my friend and still love me

i have a few, what i consider true friends on this board. i have barn friends and old high school friends i consider aquaintenances...my true friends are the ones that know the real me inside and out.