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Does anyone categorise friends?

12 replies

TheAverageJoanne · 04/12/2023 23:01

Premier League, Championship, acquaintances, colleagues, people from hobby groups or gym classes, online friends etc?

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Sockmate123 · 04/12/2023 23:10

No but I might now! 😄 I have a couple of golden girls who have been friends with me since we were literally babies, the rest fit into all the groups you listed but I do have some more recent friends who I probably have a lot more in common with at this point in my life

Maddy70 · 04/12/2023 23:11

I have lots of "friends" but I have a handful of real friends

Optimist1 · 04/12/2023 23:15

I have acquaintances, friendly acquaintances, friends and Friends.

WildflowersInAMasonJar · 04/12/2023 23:19

The only people I call friends are my close friends but I do have a group here and a group back home. The others are just acquaintances, not friends at all.

whitetip · 04/12/2023 23:26

My friend has tiers of friends 😂

Im her 'tell everything to friend'

She has one girl she goes to for advice re legal stuff/moving/ council / civil law stuff.

She has a small group which is more superficial - dinners/drinks.

She has her sister in laws who she does everything with but doesnt divulge much.

Then her oldest friends who just check in time to time.

sarahc336 · 04/12/2023 23:30

Yes of course, mates, work friends, mum friends and then the couple of real friends that I'd phone in an emergency type

spookehtooth · 04/12/2023 23:49

Nope, who knows what I might miss out on. I try to have as good a relationship as I can with everyone I choose to spend time with, and oftentimes people surprise me. Most people have a lot to offer, and its not always easy to see until the right subject or scenario comes up and some new insight is revealed. People are magical boxes of wonder

JamieKnows · 05/12/2023 00:22

"She has one girl she goes to for advice re legal stuff/moving/ council / civil law stuff."

Your "friend" is a user. I'd be wary of her

DaðiFreyrstrexarms · 05/12/2023 00:31

Yeah.

I have epic friends I can say anything to add hugs and be affectionate with, I may or may not have known them a long time.
I have wonderful longterm friends I may not see often or at all in person these days but we still stay in touch and pick up where we left off etc.
I have work friends who I mostly wouldn't probably speak to if we didn't work together but we get on and gel through work stuff.
I have casual/ surface friends who I either don't know well enough or gel with enough to be closer with.

In my head they sort of rank from can't live without best, close/best, fluid good, and are they or are they not just acquaintances.

EBearhug · 05/12/2023 00:53

I categorise them in terms of where we met - school, uni, shared houses, various jobs, places, activities, MN...

But not in terms of tiered rankings. There are some I'd be more likely to talk to than others about certain problems or news, so I suppose if I analysed things, there is some sort of ranking going on, but I can't be arsed with the admin involved in keeping a league table updated.

Epidote · 05/12/2023 07:38

Best friends, close friends, friends and aquantices.

I don't feel the same for them and I wouldn't do the same for them.

Peachtails · 05/12/2023 09:17

Not really but I have a friend who does, which is quite sad, as it seems I have been related to a lower league 🤣.

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