The other day, i got turned down with the following statement. "Thanks for the offer, but I like it best that we are just friends."
In defense of some comments made earlier, I must explain that this lady and I never talk (on the phone…), rarely see each other and obviously don’t hang out with the same crowd. But yet, we are just friends?
Friendship must have a lower status symbol then it appears. I mean the qualifications of being her friend are very minimal. It would mean Ty Detmer and I were friends, although we’ve only met once.
Maybe I have just got too high expectations on what a friend would be. So, if I am to understand the reasoning on why we are just friends, the following definitions must be true.
Friends: Must see each other every now and then. Talking is optional.
Good friends: Must see and talk with each other fairly often. Doing things together is optional?
Best friends: Must “always” see and talk with each other.
Enemies: Not friends? Must never see or talk to each other? Well, that is not necessarily true.
So what do you call some one you don’t like [very much] or not sure if you do, but see every now and then? Well, going back to the lady’s statement, a friend. Liking the person obviously was not an important criterion.
Posted by Michael at January 29, 2004 10:38 PM