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You have pretty much said it all.

Hi Cj sure i have missed something

It means Jelly babies soaked in Sambuca very very soon


Seriously though, friendship to me means always being there for my friends or as much as I possibly can be.

Always being there to make them smile or laugh when they feel their world is crashing in on them. I don't always live up to that because of my own problems that I had but I do try and my friends know that too..

I can count my true friends on one hand also. The ones who you say don't give up on you even though you're being a total Pain in the arse because they know the real you.

Its about being Honest and having implicit trust in each other too

I'm very sure I couldn't have survived the last few months without my friends

My best friend pushed me to my limits;
he made me cry,he pissed me off;he showed
me that it was ok to let the anger out,
to heal.He gave me words of encouragement,
he gave me hugs,he gave me his friendship.
Thank you for sticking it out with me;
without you,I would've given up years ago.

For me it means having someone who accepts me for all my faults and flaws.Someone who's able to forgive me for my shortcommings and to realize that I'm only human and not perfect.

A friend who's there for me just because.

You Bring the JB's i'll get the Sambuca

But when I lost my business, and more recently my Grandaughter the support came from places I least expected, I do know that without I don't know how I would have got thro it all

Oh I also forgot the main thing for me

My friends here have recently made me realise that it is ok to accept help and support and even to ask for help and support..

They have made me see that by doing that it doesn't make me less of a person or weak

Thank you so much for helping me to open up to that

So true, I can be a right pain when i'm feeling down

Exactly, that's what I think and feel about friendship. Especially the two way street part, many like to receive help, but when your in need, they are no where to be found!!

I have also found that very few people really understand what true friendship really means!!

Bless you morgan!!

Absolutely, Anna.

Also, the people who aren't afraid to give you the swift kick in the arse you need when you're down in order to get you back up.

To cry or laugh together is not a symbol of true friendship,true friendship is an other thing ,it requires to be together in tough times,to face the tough time together

Btw, dead on...especially the part about it being a two-way street. You have to give the same when it's needed in return, or it's not real friendship.

Amen Dru! True friends tell you how it really is, not what you want to hear!!

For a while my life was my worst nightmare, I was really frightened and was thrown a life line to start again, not financially but someone believed in me helped me on my feet again, regain some confidence and feel strong enought to start again.

When my Grandaughter was stillborn, I went to pieces trying to be strong for my Son, but inside my heart was breaking and the hardest thing for me was I could not take his suffering away.

Some people on this site were truly amazing, letting me talk things thro by mail, just being there for me.

Enough of my waffling

Sometimes Ali empathy is a sign of friendship, to me anyway.

Waffle all you want, you are appreciating your friends, that is a good thing and good to read!!

And you know this?

I often sit and thing just how lucky I am to have have them

Sorry I MUST practice forgiveness


Dammit! sometimes it doesn't come so easily