F.R.I.E.N.D.S... and Frenemies

When you talk about friendship, I like to think I've had a remarkable dose of all it revolves around and with the topic of friendship all over the weekend's prompts, I see myself incorporating almost all the questions in my engagement.

Nevertheless, do permit me to share these experiences of mine.

Less than a week ago, a once good friend of mine DMed me, presenting a business opportunity she thought I might be interested in. Though it was something outwith my comfort zone, I was willing to give it a whirl.

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In regards to the question of having to cut a friend loose, I sure have. Of course I don't just go about cutting people off. Something, sometime tends to trigger it, be it words or actions.

My way of cutting friends loose is more of creating and maintaining an obvious bridge than an absolute elimination of all forms of interaction with the other party. Except he or she wishes otherwise.
This certain friend of mine, who contacted me as I mentioned earlier, is a pretty good example of that.

Gearing towards the question about "friends with benefits", I would like to begin by saying that I do not fancy it one bit.

That was exactly the type of relationship that existed among my classmates (not in the context of intimate relationship with the opposite gender though), in my secondary/ high school days.

Each student belonged to a gang i.e, his or her group of frenemies. Supposedly, each group has an intelligent one, writer, researcher, smartass such that each person in the group contributes in one way or the other during tests, examinations, presentations and whatnot. But outside the walls of the school, they were basically strangers.

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You bet there are also groups who are a perfect description of "a blind leading his fellow blind man", lol.

I'm quite proud to say that in the midst of the frenemies hullabaloos, I found my perfect gang. The four souls who made school days fun and memorable to look back to. Helping out each other not just to get good grades but to actually gain knowledge and grow together, even at our respective paces.

Maybe that hints at the fact that I prefer few close friends to many acquaintances.
On a scale of one to ten, I guess it's safe to say that eight would be the rate of people who fancy large numbers and are most likely extroverts and perhaps, a little degree of ambiverts.

From study, introverts like myself are fond of smaller circles than the latter.
This quite proves that a lot of factors play part in how friendships work out. It's not really an "it's up to me" thing even though it seems such.

Either way, if you cross paths with beings who all but show you what friendship is all about, don't hesitate to stick to them like skin. When it's the other way round, well... go the other way round too, lol.

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Images are mine

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