How many proper friends do you have?

[TWOBANANAS]

Not Facebook friends, not Instagram followers but real friends who you see, trust, confide in and who would be there for you if in trouble.

[Wishiwasmoiradingle2017]

Only my dh. .

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

I think probably 2, one being a cousin so don't know if that counts. If it does count, then I'll count my mum too, so that's 3.

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

Oh and DH of course. So one actually non-related friend. Wow, that's sad.

[ThisIsStartingToBoreMe]

1. When it comes to friends quality beats quantity.

[bananarama75]

Just 1 BF that is local and i can see regularly. Oldest friend lives too far so only email/occasional visits.

TBH working f/t I don't really have enough spare time to maintain more than friends than I've already got!

Think friends vary according to your age/circumstances. Had loads more when is were little but those drifted.

[wineusuallyhelps]

I have four that I could call on if I was in trouble or ask big favours. I also consider my BIL to be in that bracket.

I have about ten more friends that I see regularly but not all the time. Some of those might only be a couple of times a year, but we go way back, so they're still important IYSWIM.

Then there's quite a few more friends I've met through the kids I wouldn't consider actual 'proper' friends, as in, I wouldn't see them socially if the kids weren't there. We are in contact because of the kids.

I always think I don't have that many friends compared to some people I know...

[Dowser]

Quite a few.
I'm very fortunate

[Imi22sleeping]

4

[TheDisappearingUser]

Just dh. No one else that cares.

[User39912014]

One that I see like 5 times a year and my sister.

[thehousewife]

I'd say 10, I'm quite social though but I've dropped a few recently as I realised after a life changing incident who my true friends were!!

[IAmTheWorwax]

1 best friend that I could say anything too. 2 good mum friends, not best friends but meet up regularly.
Another 10ish couple friends that we meet up every month or so. They are mostly DHs though.

Do sisters count?

[MrsGB2225]

1 best friend, my sister and a couple of mum friends

[ParmaViolets17]

Six: 2 live locally, 1 I speak to daily, 3 I see less than once a year.

But I know I could call any of them at 4am and ask for help.

I'm lucky, but I don't have a family, DP, DH or DCs, so I guess these friends are my family.

[mackerelle]

1 good friend, but none who are as close as some prior friendships have been.

[Honeyandfizz]

1 very close friend. A few mum friends I go out for curry/drinks with. I genuinely don't hold many people close to me but my closest friend just gets me.

[Oblomov17]

4: 2 friends who live across the road, best friend from uni 20 years ago, friend from school 30 years ago.

[Arealhumanbeing]

5

[Verticalvenetianblinds]

dh, mum + 1 other

[user1489780837]

One and that's my mum

[BackforGood]

Loads, but I've long since decided I have a different definition of a friend from what the common perception on MN is.

[Sciurus83]

Eight very good ones. All over 300 miles away from where I live and I'm lonely day to day. I wish I had friends I could meet for a glass of wine or mooch round the shops.

[NameNotANumber]

Really good friends - oldest friend from school, my sister and my boyfriend (not living together so not sure about calling him partner).

I have lots of other friends who I am close to, fond of, socialise with and could call upon them in an emergency not because I am particularly close to them but just because they are inherently lovely people who would want to be there if they knew there was a problem, as I would want to for them.

[cauliflowercheese14]

Only my DH, parents and sisters that I could absolutely call on whenever. I have 3 friends I am quite close to and would confide in but don't see any of them that often due to work / kids etc. I see local mum friends reasonably regularly and have closer friendships developing with a couple of them. I am very sociable but just don't seem to have the time any more.

[mumblechum0]

5 proper good friends and a lot (15 ish) of more casual friends who I meet for lunch/cocktails etc.

Family don't count as friends, they have to put up with me