Sunday, October 17, 2004

"Friend", A Relative Term
I can't get enough of debating myself, or sometimes debating stereotypes. It's all so much fun [did you sense the sarcasm in that?]. Many people use the term 'friend' loosely. I use it loosely. To me, friend is a synonym [when you look at it, that's such a strange looking word, don't you think?] for aquaintance. All the people you see on my 'friends' list down below my profile, are only there because I return the favor of adding them there after they've added me to their list. No offense to anyone, but they're not my friends. I know nothing about them, I don't speak with them regularly even. So, if I ever use the term 'friend', do keep in mind it's very relative. All my 'friends' are no different from all my 'aquaintances'. What term do I then use for 'real friends'? I don't have 'real friends', therefore I have no use for a term to refer to them with. And if it's ever an offbeat addition to a thought, like saying "what would it be like to have a *real friend*?", then that's exactly how I would say it. Fair enough.

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