how many friends do you have?

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i find it hard to tell whats the difference between a friend and acquaintance -
I reckon i have about 4 friends and quite a lot of acquaintances but it vaires on my mood what i count them as.
My friendships change really fast tho often which really sucks. But personally cos i find them so difficult i dont take them 4 granted n theyre one of the most important things in my life.

having only been living in Aus for two years [orginally from UK] i've found forming friendships a struggle, The one person i did hit it off with on a retail course, I don't really see as mate really, more a drinking budding, Someone i go out with for a drink every now and then. I try not to but it proves quite hard at times to not worry about my lack of mates or GF's.

I have a lot of acquaintances- kids I talk to at my school and occasionally see outside of school, and whom I like, but don’t consider friends. But one of the people I consider acquaintances called me her friend recently. So I guess we’re maybe sort of friends. I’m certainly fond of her. Then I have a friend from my old school whom I keep up with and five friends at my current school, and a few people I talk to online but have never met.

How come I have so many friends? First off, I’m in high school, and a small one at that. Also, people tend to find me endearing. And I’m not ‘bitchy’ or ‘catty’ or anything like that- I wouldn’t know how to be. AS has its benefits…

How many friends do I have? 1: my brother. Other than him I don't really talk to anyone.

I have one "best friend" and a small handful of friends that I don't talk to all that often. I have a very low need for human contact.

None.

There are one or two acquaintances involved with either PC Related stuff and with whom I may have a drink from time to time though often not for weeks on end. There are also those I literally see around and know by sight but very little communication goes on between us.

I do not feel put out by a lack of contact with humanity, it saves a great deal of stress and unpleasantness.

Do the guys on WP count as a whole? if so i have many, if not i dont have any

aspies rock...............

I don't know how many friends I have because I find it difficult to discern between friends and acquaintances. I have some online friends, but most of those live in different countries and I'll probably never meet them. As for offline friends, I don't know...like I said, I can't seem to find the difference between friends and acquaintances. When would you consider someone a friend, and when an acquaintance? I think I might have one, or possibly two, friends, but I'm not sure.

I had friends when I was young, as in 4 - 12, but then I moved to wales, and there I became such a loaner and lost all contact, there was one person, his name was steven. I never talkt to him anymore, infect I can't be botherd anymore, last time I heard he was having family problems, ah well, bad luck.

Right now though, my only mates are those on MSN, other than that no mates in the "real world", so to speak.

In all honesty? I really do not care. I have my dad and mum saying I need mates, well, strangely anough, I honestly could'nt care, I like being on my own, evan though I have no reason, I do.

So, msn friends=yes
real world mate = no and don't care!!


The thing is, I don't have n urge to socialise, and when I do, like for instant, my sistertook me out because she felt sory for me (grrr) I went to a club called liquid and hated it, I just got drunk and went back in to my little world, and then got kicked out, for puking up over someone.

I don't feel like a looser, nor do I get all upset about it, I know i should now and then, but I don't.
Now and then i wish there was some kind of cure for aspergers......ah well, who cares!! !

I have a few "friends" that go to my school and another highschool nearby. I don't really have a "best friend" either. my really close friends I can actually relate or talk to these days, are the people I know online (and my neighbor aroung the corner). It's despicable. My "friends" at school are immature beyond belief (which is why I can never tell them about my AS) and whenever we go out and hang out together, I always end up being left behind somewhere. So to answer the question of the topic, not many...

I have plenty of casual friends and acquaintances and whatnot (I have 175 people on my Facebook list, for goodness sakes), but no REALLY close friends that I hang out with regularly and can talk to about whatever. So, I still feel lonely.

*cyber pat-on-the-back* We feel ya brother, we feel ya.

I find it hard to determine what counts as a friend.

At a guess I'd say five or six. We're good friends, in that we've known each other for a long time, or get on well, but we're not particularly close. I don't really hang out with them much like other people do, but that's fine because they know I'm not exactly a social animal.

Hmm... it's about here where I start to ask, "Well does this mean deep friendships or acquaintances?" So I'm picky about that. But if I add them up, not counting the significant other . . .

I have about eight friends that I can count on. I think.

zero

Same here.

Having said that, there's a very large spider taken up residence in the tangle of wires under this desk. There's hope yet...