Do you treat your friends like family?

So do you give not loan but actually GIVE them money like they were family? How about letting them stay with you indefinitely if they had to like family? Would you bail them out of jail and lie for them like they were family?

Yes, to pretty much all of those questions for true friends. I don’t mean acquaintances.

How many people meet your lofty standards OP?

R3 2 at the moment

I treat them better.

Yes. It’s how I was raised. Our friends were always treated like family. Always included for holidays, birthdays and celebrations. We’re always there if they need us.

I actually speak to and enjoy hanging out with my friends, so no?

The real test of friendship is what you are willing to do for them even when when it's difficult, not when it's easy to do so.

I have no friends or family. I’m hard to get along with.

My closest ones, absolutely. In fact, I mistrust people who believe things like "don't treat your friends like they are your family".

I don’t fuck my family. I fuck some of my friends.

Maybe it’s a gay thing because we had to make our own families.—💩

We never lost our family. Speak for yourself.

No - I'm nice to them.

Its so important to separate Friends frim acquaintances. You have to know who is special and who will require you being there, in bad times.ive always hated people who will let down a friend, for an acquaintance. I too am told ive high standards, but im a bloody good man to have in your corner.

It has to be a two way street. But I always feel let down when I see someone who has a terrible family and good friends but when push comes to shove, they back the family with priority like planned events, acknowledgement of how important their friends are in their life, leaving them in their will etc. Almost like the friends are just loved play things, but when it's time to sober up for something real, only the family matters.

I treat my friends better than my family.

[quote]So do you give not loan but actually GIVE them money like they were family? How about letting them stay with you indefinitely if they had to like family? Would you bail them out of jail and lie for them like they were family?

Different people have different sorts of families.

My best friend is family, my husband. We’ve never had or really needed friends. It’s been 28 years. Very recently we have branched out into having other couple friends which has been enjoyable. But we hate friends who are constantly inviting us to do shit we don’t want to do. My husband has no problems saying no. But being the considerate person I am I’ll show up to support. But no, I have no friends that I treat like famoly.

You need more than one person to call it a family R18. That's great that your husband fills in a lot of the blanks, but you really should put in more effort to cultivate other friends. Sounds like you husband is doing all the work there. One day he may be gone and you will wish you had other friends to talk to.

Why do you hate friends inviting you out? It's part of the process of getting to know people better even if it's not your ideal outing. Do you ever lift a finger to invite them out?

He lifts them finger to say no.

I have 3 close, lifelong, true friends., one being the father of my 2 godchildren. And yes, we all treat each other like family. I am closer to them than I am to my own still living family.

My family doesn’t know me. They weren’t around for most of the important moments of my life. My friends were. They are my true family.

Yes, my very best friends. They are family. I'm older, there are a few friends of my bio family we've have known for decades who are simply part of the extended family. They are at every family celebration and holiday and are like additional aunts and uncles.

I'm very close to my sisters but because of busy lives and a bit of distance, we don't see each other as often as I'd like. A couple of my friends are like extra siblings and I see them more often.

I'm social, like to hang out with friends, really enjoy them. My friends as family count is about four people.