What Are Friends For?

Can you tell me, fellow Nairalander, what friends are for?  Why do you bother to keep them?

About the friends you currently have: do they deliver on your expectations or do they dissapoint you?  Are they worth the time, effort, and (maybe) money you have invested in them so far? 

Are you still in need of more friends, are you perfectly satisfied with those you have, or have you given up on friendship?  Thanks in advance for your contributions!

Seun, let's hear yours first.

I think friends are just there to hang out with so you don't seem like a psycho or something.

I have very little expectations of my friends. But all the ones I have meet or exceed my expectations. They are definitely worth the time and money that I invest in them.

I don't go out in search of new friends. If we meet, it is because we have a lot in common, and not because I need more people to hang out with.

Well, your friends are people who care about you and who at least try to be there when you need them. I have a few friends that I've grown up with and friends from college. These are friends that I have strong bonds with and I don't really think I need to make any more. I still make friends but I I don't usually plan on having any stong bonds with them, i don't think.  It might sound selfish, but I sometimes try to make acquainances strategically. Meaning, I'd hang out with people I think have connections and wouldn't might "hooking me up" if I need something in the future. (It's not very sincere, I know, LOL)
I also like that I have friends who are just really different and unique in their own way, you know, like the ones you can just call up and they'll be down for anything, even to go climb Mount Everest, or something, LOL. Or the one that's always there to advice you when you're about to do something stupid or the enabler, who rarely criticizes you. Or the one that's always competing with you and even though you both know it, you pretend like you don't.  
I don't think you need many friends though. Just a few good ones, but I'd say having a good amount of "acquaintances" would help create networking and opportunities that might otherwise not be available to you.

in my perspective i consider a friend to be someone who shares your pain and joy, someone who can stick around you regardles of your flaws (and vice versa), someone who makes you mad but you can't do without (you know what i mean). i for one i cherish friendship and hate to loose friends (but don't think i don't choose them wisely now)

well i've had my share of friends some disappointing and others incredible but in all i have learned to manage my friends understanding that we're all human and have our different weaknesses.

well meeting people is something i like, so i don't mind getting to know people and making new friends but not because i'm not satisfied with the ones i have i just  think it's fun meeting people from different backgrounds and with different opinions.

I only have one good friend who will do anything for me and he happens to be my man.
for the rest haven't got any special person i will say that is one good friend of mine and i stop looking for friends a few years ago,sometimes i love being by myself.

Unfortunately, I disagree. Friends are meant to criticize -- anyone who does anything other than that when you're wrong is a flatterer.

I've dropped friends whose ideals are different from mine -- muslim haters, gay haters, white haters, black haters and such. I'm sure that's conditional acceptance.

I will always refuse to say sorry when my friend is heading the wrong way and I tell him my mind. If he takes it as an insult, so be it -- I do not take back my words.

I agree with the next point about milking dry.

Friends sometimes make you sad. Love is not utopian or governable by any laws. Some of my best friends say painful things to me -- but I know them to be true, and I strive to change.

That's my contribution.

to an extent i concur with you seun but talking about a friend not appreciating your numerous ideas, hmmmmmmmm i think it is the duty of a friend to tell you if your idea is dumb or out of order (at times that friend might be wrong, but that is fine). i think it's only a Friend that can tell u sincerely if you're out of track without caring if his/her words augur well with you or not.

@Zahymaka

Exactly, i concur with you all the way.

Friends help you when you are in need

Friends are there for you no matter what. High or low they are still by your side. they know you like no one else does and you can alwayz count on your friend(s) to cheer you up and lift you up.

You can alwayz be yourself with them and you can count on them to tell you when you doing something wrong.

I'm with Zah on this one.

To me friends are people that are there for you.  They can be assholes, dumb-asses, but when they are your friends, there's always that bond that keeps y'all together. You might fight, quarell, call each other names, but there's always that BOND, that thing that keeps it going.

Friends are for so many thing, they are meant to annoy you, to be there for you.

A good friend would always tell you the truth even if it would hurt you

they are for the good and bad times. In season and out of season.

Friends are beautiful gifts from God. Friends are the siblings God didn't give us.

I love my friends, they are my wealth.

Frindship is good but one has to be careful of who he/she chooses as friends.
A friend in need is a friend in deed.
Friend is worth investing on but carefulness is the warning word.
Keeping too many friends is out of it.
It could be detrimental.

friends can lift you up

and bring you down at d same time