What are the benefits of having friends?

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Your taught in the SDF and military that everyone should have a "battle buddy" and to never go into situations alone. you should have friends, people to support you and people you can watch out for.

Friends are good for "pulling you out of your own skin". They can help you see issues from another angle. They bring you joy just by hanging out.

Friends make great scapegoats.

When you're late coming home you can tell your mom, "I was talking to my friend and he held me up". Having a few names to go with the face is good in case she calls you out on it.

Friends are also perfect for taking the blame in any situation where you need to maintain your position as the "good child". It's great to have friends around when you smash someone's window for example.

And, my favorite reason for having a friend, to quote the inscription on the King Jaguar from Magic the Gathering:

"If you and a friend are being chased by the King Jaguar, trip your friend."

People who have developed friendships and other relationships live longer.
Friend types that are helpful.

Best Friend: Your closest peer
Mentor: Someone older (or more experienced) who can guide you toward life goals.
Protegee: Someone younger (less experienced) who you can guide.

I better stop, I was about to post like 20 friend "types"

Friendship is really an important relation of human's life. Friends support us when we are alone. They accept us with our negative points. The benefits of having friends are countless. They are th real jewels of our life. They motivate us, be with us, fight for us and care for us always.

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Humans are highly social creatures, whether it's easy for us to be or not. So, what are the benefits of having friends, you ask? I have one answer for you:

Sanity.

Having meaningful social interactions can literally help keep you from going insane.

To the posts mentioning conversation: I present to you, the internet. Text-based conversations are much easier, less stressfull and yield the same results. Unless you require touch.

For everything else there is family, unless of course you don't get along with your family then friends can provide assistance when heavy things need to be moved.

Friends can give you support when you need it, so that way you aren't stuck at the house all day every day. Humans are not sedentary creatures, and if you sit still all the time, depression sets in. Friends help alleviate that, if for no other reason because you are moving around and doing something besides just moving around for the sake of moving around.

To think of friends only as a means to get something is not a healthy view. If your only reason for getting close to somebody is to reap the rewards you need to take a step back and assess your priorities - human beings are not tools for you to use, nor backs for you to step on.

Friendship is about sharing the human experience. The highs and the lows, laughing and crying, giving and receiving. Giving just because you want others to feel joy, and not in hope of racking up enough 'points' to redeem your prize.

I'm with you, I don't understand the need for friends. I guess it is nice to have someone to share your ideas or thoughts with, or to get a second opinion from if you have no one else, but I was never able to form that sort of relationship with anyone. If you have a good relationship with your family they can do all of that.

My family is trying to get me to do more social activities so I can get some friends, but now that I'm married I don't really see the point. I share everything I need to with my husband and he fulfils my need for companionship and provides support, so why else would I need friends?

They give you a reason to come out and see more of the world...provided that they do invite you and don't limit their friendship with you within the school walls like most of my friends from high school.

And it's less awkward to go out to eat with someone than to do it alone.