Friends, what counts as friends and what counts as best friends? Is the question I wanna explore this chapter.
Friends, fake friends, toxic friends, real friends, there are many different types, but who should you keep around and who should you not?
Fake friends, people who use you for their own benefit, not actually caring about your wellbeing. But how do you tell someone is actually being a fake friend?
He could want to hang out with you to get closer to a girl you know or maybe because you're popular, you're wealthy, you're funny. But after using you for what you're worth, he fucks off.
But what if you never run out of what you are worth? You'll just be manipulated by this fake friend until the end of your existence, and you'll never know.
Since fake friends will try to "care" about your wellbeing by giving you gifts and whatnot. So how do we know who are real friends?
I believe real friends are people that even though might not care in an obvious way, but wish the best for you and will TRY to be there when you need it.
Even though they might not have the same interests as you, they'll still give a shit about you.
In fact, the best of friends are people who roasts you to your very core, to your personality, your life decisions and such. They'll will bring you down whenever they can, because they believe only they can do it, and no one else should. If someone else who isn't a friend roasts you, they'll step up and try to help you in every way possible.
That, now THAT is a true friend.
But best friends are little different, best friends are true friends but on another level, you can still have fun with such best friends even with different interests, or even better, with same interests, being able to connect with each other on anything you both like.
Best friends, are people that you can talk anything about, whether it'd be something embarrassing, something bad, something weird, they wouldn't care, and they'd talk to you happily about it, and try to help you.
True friends might be able to do the same, but usually with a bit more judgement, for your own good, or maybe you might not be as comfortable as you are with them like your "best friends" are.
That's the difference between them, and you should trust those that roast you to the core, but when you get alone private time with them, and have an honest sincere heart-to-heart with them, you'll notice they are the best people you could ever ask for, and you should open up to them more and more even if they judge you for it. I'll admit I'm not able to do it myself, I'm still scared of judgement.
But hey, what matters is that you try to improve yourself for the better right?