Originally Posted by
strrrng
Nice post, Sam. I think you generally got it. Most people are passing stimulation; they are around you for what you can give them, lost in appearances. With a real friend, it's more like something you fundamentally sense with them; everything else is like an agreement. A real friend is someone who is connected to you through your cores, inevitably tied to you forever. It's something visceral you just sense, and you stick together not because the other person is 'cool' or funny or confident, but because it's basically a blood bond. Anyone can make agreements with people—'you're my friend, dude.' But in the end, you'll have maybe several people whom you know are just there with you, standing the test of time and adversity. That is a friend to me. It's unchangeable and intrinsic; you either harbor the potential for it with someone else or you don't. And with those who do, you will just know it.