Often times we meet another bboy and we get along very well and think they're our new friends. But often times they are not, regardless of how many times you hangout they are just someone you spend time with. So i've broken down the level of "friendships". After you read this, ask yourself "are they really my friends?" and "which friend am i to my friends?"
acquaintance
a person known to one, but usually not a close friend
These are the friends that you see once in awhile, you may say hello to them and have a quick conversation with them but you have nothing to offer them/they have nothing to offer you in terms of actual friendship, you don't expect anything from them and vice versa. It's almost a perfect relationship, alot of times they are close enough to know a little bit about you but not enough to be of any importance.
associate
to keep company, as a friend, companion, or ally
These people are the next level up, they have broken the mold of someone who offers you nothing, they know more about you then someone you just met and generally have a grasp of some understanding about you. You will start to involve these people in natural activities and they may start to involve you in there's. If you find out they had a birthday party and you weren't invited it's not something to be worked up over. This is a phase where there may be some smack talking about the other person until you can grasp them good enough to call them a friend.
friend
a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
After spending time with someone long enough they are considered your friend. There is emotional reliance on one another when the need be, you hangout (how often is determined by a variety of things as distance and how good of friends you are) the sooner in the relationship of a friend you don't have out as often as you do when the relationship has reached a more mature level.Much like your girlfriend/boyfriend relationship you introduce them to your friends and vice versa to have more mutual friends and grow your network of friends. At this point in the relationship negative aspects should be numbed down if they are there. Borrowing things from each other,traveling together, partying together is more than acceptable at this point. Sometimes it also involves doing favors for each other, but it's okay because that's your friend. If someone is talking negatively about your friend, you should stop them. Everyone has different thoughts and differences which makes a friendship strong- the differences you can share between each other yet still make a strong relationship because you respect each others differences. When you've reached this point you have no where to go but up.
family
any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins
Here it becomes a little different, because i don't mean a real life family, i mean those friends that are closer then a majority of your friends. That you let into your house when you aren't there, that you can depend on to watch your house, take care of your animals, or that you would call in a tight pinch or emergency. I often refer to these people as my crew mates or my best friends. These are people that should have your back in any situation be it right or wrong. And afterwords bitch at you for fucking up. That's okay because your crew/family. You have an understanding that you can screw up and be forgiven. There isn't a whole lot you guys wouldn't do together. The relationship at this point can't get any stronger unless someone were to try to kill one of you. At this point in a relationship there is such a strong bond that nobody can talk negatively about them, if someone does- then you attempt to make people understand your friend better and defend them (again regardless of them being right or wrong). You become an unofficial delegate fighting for your countries beliefs. These are also the type of people you would leave alone with your boyfriend girlfriend wife husband on drunk nights and know there isn't going to be any issues because your crew will protect your family. It's like the godfather, you don't mess with the family at all or the family will take care of you. These people could also go weeks or months without talking to you and it's okay because when you talk to them it's like you never missed a day with them.
Recently i have gotten into some issues with the breaking community about my beliefs. I have an issue expressing myself correctly on the internet apparently and this is something i have to work on and i'm okay with that. But through the situation i have found out where alot of my "crew" and "friends" stand on support. I am okay with this because this was my issue, but i am not okay with the situation of people i associated with bad mouthing me to a point where if it was in person i would have hurt them in a very physical way. Then my "friends" decide they are going to jump on the bandwagon with them and say things like "it's not my problem." to me its funny when someone says i have your back but when it comes time to have it, nothing. I am the type of person who if i got a phone call at 4 in the morning with an emergency 12 hours away, i'd get up and make it happen and am often a much better friend to people then they are to me. It's just how things are. But from now on if you don't offer anything to the relationship of our friendship then we aren't really friends we are associates that talk and hangout when it's convenient and doesn't cause issues for your personal life. I don't care if we grew up together or met later on in life. This is your life, not a video game, there aren't multiple lives. So make the best of the one you have and if people are wasting your time and being bad friends, don't put up with that shit because at the end of the day, they're going to mess with your happiness and center of your life. At the same token, if you are going to not be involved as a friend, make your relationship out to what you plan it to be . Forgiveness is always an option but,
Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they betrayed you. ~Dodinsky
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