How Many Friends Do You Have?

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I only voted for 1-3 because you said "close friends or acquaintances," and I'm defining acquaintances as more than just people you manage to recognize and pass a few words with when you happen to meet. I don't feel that I have any actual friends, since I define friends as people who you feel mutual affection for and who would actually choose to spend time with you if they had something else to do and didn't need something from you. The two people I'm counting are, first, a person who was my best (only) friend in high school more than 40 years ago and who I lost touch with till about two years ago when she managed to trace me on the Internet. I had tried that myself and failed. We just trade e-mail and Christmas cards at intervals of weeks, but it's still nice to have her back. In high school, she was very popular but a bit weird, and for some reason she took me under her wing. Otherwise, I wouldn't have spoken to anyone for those 4 years. The other is someone I met in group therapy several years ago. I never see or hear from her except when she wants to go to a wine festival or a powwow, which I guess none of her real friends have any interest in. She calls occasionally in between when she has something she wants to talk to someone about, like when she was going through a messy divorce, but she won't accept my invitations to visit or do anything other than the things she suggests, and we don't really have anything much in common. And that's it, after 58 years of school, work, etc., out in the world. Pretty dismal.

I have a few aquaitences, and very few friends.

Wait! I have more than 12 friends, and they're all toy Routemasters!

None whatsoever. Quite content with it, as well.

I have two, excluding relatives.

Online:Quite a lot.
Real life:NONE!! !! !

I have one AS friend,and we are close.

I have 5 close friends,around 8 casual friends,and countless people that I've meet and talk to.

And loads of online friends.


-SpaceCase

I have some friends in other places but it seems none in this country.

I have one Aspie friend here in Houston. She is asexual, so she may never be my girlfriend. Other than that, nearly all my friends are people from high school or earlier.

Tim

I have plenty of online friends...not so many real-life friends.

Assuming people online don't count, I will count one (it's a relative of a relative but I'm allowing it).

None in real life. They all either moved away, I gave up on them, they gave up on me, or they actually got a life. I do have a couple of online friends, and when I think of them they might be on the edge of NT and Aspie, but that might be a stretch because a lot of people can be, and I'm probably drawn to those types.

I answered 12+ because although I only know a few of them in person the ones I know online I know really well and have alot in common with them, I've also experienced alot with them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship

Honestly, I only have one person in this world I can truely call a friend that's not a family member. He moved away a couple years ago but we still keep in close contact through the internet and occasionally see a movie or something. Otherwise it's just me. I have a few acquaintances I guess. People who I'll talk to if I see them. Don't ever hang out with them or seek them out. Keep to myself mostly.

around high school time around 12 or so.couple year out of high school 5 to 6 around that.
now 3 ALot have move away.

I have none because people in this town fear me.