What do you think makes a good friend?

[Roger the Horse]

What do you think makes a good friend? All there in the title.

I think acceptance makes a good friend, what do you... umm... think...

 

[Bopop4]

Honesty
Loyalty
Generosity
Laughter
Kindness

A combination of those 5.

 

[Shoe67]

Someone who is there for you to pull you back from the edge

 

[Carlos]

Someone who is there for you to pull you back from the edge

I disagree. I have only a few good friends, and they all have different qualities. One I can talk with is a good listener, gives me a little advice here and there while the other is more straight to the point, suck it up and go on. A good friend isn't just one thing.

 

[Cano]

brutal sincerity. Not only that, but itwould be almost a requisite. It helps a lot.

 

[Techy]

There's many things that will make a good friend to me. But it seems more difficult to really see who will be a true friend.

 

[Slash]

Honesty
Loyalty
Generosity
Laughter
Kindness
Good Personality
Chill

Edited for you Bopop.

 

[W3H5]

The sort of person you can insult, without it being an insult, if you knows what I means.

 

[Ryou]

Honesty
Loyalty
Generosity
Laughter
Kindness
Good Personality
Chill

Edited for you Bopop.

This, though I would add on, "Trustworthiness", as I find it also a good trait for one to have. That's what I find in a "good friend". Though, it is not easily simple to describe the entire idea about what to find in a good friend.

 

[Bopop4]

Honesty
Loyalty
Generosity
Laughter
Kindness
Good Personality
Chill

Edited for you Bopop.

Thanks, I was thinking of something like that under "laughter".
A good friend has a sense of humor and isin't uptight all of the time.

This, though I would add on, "Trustworthiness", as I find it also a good trait for one to have. That's what I find in a "good friend".

Honesty and trustworthiness seem to go hand in hand.

Though, it is not easily simple to describe the entire idea about what to find in a good friend.

Yeah.

 

[Lizard]

The sort of person you can insult, without it being an insult, if you knows what I means.

I have to agree with that. If you can insult someone as a joke and they find it funny then I think that is a pretty clear sign that you are good friends.

Anyway traits? I don't think there are any really. I judge people on how much fun they are to be with usually.

 

[cgr-10]

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[axletramp]

Someone with a hot sister? Hot mum will do.

And being like-minded helps, especially with humour.

 

[acjy1985]

Someone with a hot sister? Hot mum will do.

And being like-minded helps, especially with humour.

Only problem with this, after you first statement is the fact they are after your friendship for your hot mum/sister.

As long as you can rely on somebody then that is a good start to a decent friend.

 

[Brando-K]

They help bury the bodies of your enemies

I agree with what Shem said. If you can insult them without them getting insulted then they're generally a good friend.

 

[funkyDucks]

Loyalty and all that crap is very important and all, but..

The sort of person you can insult, without it being an insult, if you knows what I means.

To me is more important that anything.

 

[zedextreme8177]

I guess the role of good friends are filled out by many different people in your life.

There's one whom I can talk just about everything with, discuss any personal issues and all that.

There's another whom I can discuss life in general with, politics, cars, women and stuff, we have many points which we mutually agree on. If we disagree, we can always debate it politely.

And many more who fill in those little gaps that these two closest people cannot fill themselves.

I guess the common thing to all of them is that they will stand up for you unless you happen to do something extremely wrong, even then they'll be supportive of you.

All of us share a very good sense of humour, and as stated above, you can insult them without it being an insult

 

[Roger the Horse]

Some good responses here! I thought of this because I was thinking about how I fell out with a previously good friend over one simple stupid thing neither of us could accept.

 

[USARMYCOMBATVET]

believes everything you say is the truth
No, but seriously:
Personally, I'd say the biggest traits I look for in a friend are:
Empathy/acceptance-Regardless of where I came from, I'm here now and I need someone to understand my position/point of view.
Integrity-do what's right; legally and morally regardless of the cost.
Trust/honesty-- to the point of crossing emotional boundaries in order to help me. For instance, he/she notices I'm displaying prejudice/bias or stonewalling and is not afraid to let me know by insulting me but doesn't use this as the only means to communicate with me. However, for this to be possible there must be a history between us and and an understanding.

 

[Chqr]

That one friend who'll give you a bucket when you're about to chund.

That one friend who'll give you a sleeping bag when you're hung over.

That one friend who always seems to get the girl you don't.

Those are my three friends.

 

[CTznOfTime]

But DID he really need to spread his legs ??!

 

[Prosthetic]

If you ask "hey lets chill" they don't make an excuses to not hang out is always good.

If you have arguments, you don't even need to say sorry and your lives continue like it never happened. Even still if the subject comes up again. It will go away as fast it comes.