You Best Mates.....

Undercoverguy

Ok Just curious about this. How many "Best" Friends do you have? And How large is your close of friends of which you would see regularly?

Let the polling begin!

I have no friends. Thanks for reminding me.

(I love checkbox polls. Voted all)

nesf

*thinks*

Excluding the obvious gf. I live with 2 of my closest friends. There are another, eh, 5 that I'd consider close friends who I see at least once a week.

There's another 6 that I only keep in touch with by phone and online. But I don't get to see them often because we live in different cities/countries nowadays, and apart from occasional visits to abuse each other's crash space.

*shrugs*

I've tended to keep in touch with people I got on really well with and I've met an awful lot of people through college, work and my hobbies. So there's actually more than I thought now that I added them up there.

I've never done the best friend thing tbh.

Undercoverguy

OK Slap that onto the poll then cos i only set that up now.

If anyone comes on and writes "Bords.ie is my Friend" of similar i WILL find and slap you!

Anyway i have 1 Best Mate "Colly" (How skangerish i know....) and than my group of Close friends is about 5.

Undercoverguy

Which twat went happy clicking on the Poll options? I knew it was a mistake making it multipal choice lol

Dave

I've a group of well over 10 friends, but only 1 person who I would consider my best friend (ex gf :eek: )

nesf

It's "multiple"

BizzyC

I don't have any "Best Friends", just a group of good friends.

Maximilian

Golly. What purpose does this thread serve? Does anyone actually give a crap? Can I suggest we tie the OP up with red hot razor wire, staple his eyes shut, pop his tongue in a meat grinder and drop a fridge on his head.

Kiera

Maximilian wrote:

Golly. What purpose does this thread serve? Does anyone actually give a crap? Can I suggest we tie the OP up with red hot razor wire, staple his eyes shut, pop his tongue in a meat grinder and drop a fridge on his head.

Here here!!!!

rubadub

Nothing about different groups either. Used to have lots of separate groups who didnt know each other, or only some knew others from other groups. Like school mates, mates since a kid in your area, college mates, work mates, work mates from past companies, hobby mates, football crowd etc etc

Pigman II

I'd have been interested to have broken this down into a male/female poll. From personal observation I think on average women seem to have more 'friends' at any given point it time but they rarely seem to be 'real' friendships. ie I couldn't see 'female friend X' being able to depend on 'female friend Y' if push came to shove.

I've also found that men are better at cutting ties with people who are no longer 'relevant' to their lives eg schoolfriends whereas women seem to be more interested in keeping contact and friendships-alive with people they haven't seen for years.

Again this is all from personal experience so feel free to disagree.

nesf

Maximilian wrote:

Golly. What purpose does this thread serve? Does anyone actually give a crap? Can I suggest we tie the OP up with red hot razor wire, staple his eyes shut, pop his tongue in a meat grinder and drop a fridge on his head.

Tbh, I liked validating my existence by counting out people who are lucky enough for me to consider them friends.

So yes it has a purpose and has fulfilled it.

Maximilian

nesf wrote:

Tbh, I liked validating my existence by counting out people who are lucky enough for me to consider them friends.

So yes it has a purpose and has fulfilled it.

You post therefore you are. Don't do this to yourself. Leave this thread before its too late.

val·i·date ( P ) Pronunciation Key val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates

1. To declare or make legally valid.
2. To mark with an indication of official sanction.
3. To establish the soundness of; corroborate.

Tar.Aldarion

well 1 best friend....it just makes sense...best friend:)
meh just cos we are friends from about four.

over 10 in the group easily.
there are even lots of different groups for people like school,college,hobbies,housemates etc.

chillywilly

3 best friends

Sifo

lots of friends, spose i've 1 best friend, meet up every thursday for poker..
Good times!!

Son_of_Belial

Stupid thread...

Tar.Aldarion

meh it's ah what do you really expect,plus it made you think of your old friends which was quite nice.

Mossy Monk

friends are overated, kind of like soap operas

Tar.Aldarion

who the hell rates soap operas highly!!!

Endurance Man

This makes no sense, i have a best friend, but that does not mean he is the only friend i have :rolleyes: . I have over 10 friends and a best friend, crazy thread.

Tar.Aldarion

it does make sense,click two boxes and think of it as two polls in one.

Endurance Man

Oh crumbs, didnt see it was multiple choice, cant go back now .

azezil

In my youth I had only a few close friends, in recent years have leaned towards more casual, a lot more open with people but try not to get emotionally attached. Well 2 very close friends of mine have died over the years, so maybe that has had some baring.

Aisling(",)

I have one "best" friend.She's in my class in school.
If i'm at her house I'm friends with her freinds.
On my road i mainly hang around with three girls then we go around with other groups.
In school theres me and my best mate then me and my bus friends then a group of girls I used to be really close to but would still consider them mates then a different group of girls that i good mates with but wouldnt rely on them for much but some of them are brilliant mates

Mossy Monk

sounds confusing

Coney Island

I don't need friends.

I have got Sky Sport, plenty of women and I will soon be rich so I can buy all the toys I want!

Piste

Two of my best friends are in my year and I'd have friends in my year I'd be friendly with in school but I wouldn't talk to much outside of school. I have a group of friends outside school who I see at weekends and I talk to a lot online and I would count these as some of my best friends too. Then I have people who I'd see now and again and text once in a while but I wouldn't be that close with. It's also kinda cap that some of my best friends live in inconveinient location (ie Not Dublin) so it can be hard to see them.

bopper

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

there are even lots of different groups for people like school,college,hobbies,housemates etc.

Yeah I'm the same. It's more like one group of four, two groups of three, and one other friend who kind of mingles with each group. There's a lot of friends there so i can't complain, but I definitely envy people who have one friend above everyone else who they consider their best friend. I've never really had that. Although as I said I can't complain, i'm very lucky to have such a great circle of friends.

Le Rack

More than two best friends, about maybe three or four, or more.... but absolutley loads in our group...

jcoote

2 of them but theres like 20 people i am close wit

Tiffany

Aisling(",) wrote:

I have one "best" friend.She's in my class in school.
If i'm at her house I'm friends with her freinds.
On my road i mainly hang around with three girls then we go around with other groups.
In school theres me and my best mate then me and my bus friends then a group of girls I used to be really close to but would still consider them mates then a different group of girls that i good mates with but wouldnt rely on them for much but some of them are brilliant mates

Someone just had a Vicky Pollard moment there.....

"No but yeah but no but you see wot happened was thing fing wot you don't even know nuffin' about and then he came over and started this fing wot about this fin you know nuffin' about so shutup"

ive two best friends and nearly about15friends who i chat to at least once a week!