What Is A Friendship?

Friendship is the sharing of two or more lives, caring for someone more than for yourself, wanting to make that person happy when they are sad, or just listening quietly when they need to talk.  Friends don't judge each other, even if the friend they aren't judging is doing something they may not agree with.  Friends look out for each other, stick up for each other, and always have what the other friend needs at any given moment...be it a cup of sugar or a shoulder to cry on.  Friends accept your quirks, your little annoying habits, and are never ever judge.  To refer to something that happened to a friend of mine on this site, a "friend" won't steal from you, lie to you, or try to get out of an obligation they owe you.  Friendship is usually platonic, but not always.  My best guy friend is my husband, and obviously we are not platonic.  My best girlfriend and I share stories, secrets, really everything in life.  Our friendship is 35 years old, and she was like a surrogate mother to my children while I was divorced and working two jobs.  In a nutshell, friendship is being anything to the most special people in our life that they need, and vice versa.  And friendship doesn't come and go; it's consistent.