The Different Types of Friends You May Have

Ever since I was a child, my mother raised me to recognize and appreciate various kinds of friends. There are three different kinds of friends in this life. I classify them according to how well I know them and how well they know me. We encounter each of them everyday, whether in school, home, or at the gym. However, we rarely spend much time actually thinking about and classifying these people. First, there are the "pest friends" general acquaintances. Next, there are "guest friends" social partners. Lastly, we have "best friends" our true friends.

The first type of friend is simply an acquaintance. This means that you basically only know their name. You might not even remember what they look like if you go away for a short vacation. Usually, you meet these types of friends in school, at work, on the bus, in the gym, or anywhere else you might be. You normally would not mind having a cup of coffee with them, but if anything else came up, you usually would have no problem parting company.

You normally don't miss them when they are elsewhere. It is also this type of friends who give you the most amount of aggravation. Since most of the time you are placed in a position where you have to act friendly, such as school or work, you would not normally tell an acquaintance when he or she is doing something aggravating, such as tapping the fingers on a table or chewing gum loudly. This is why I call them "pest friends."

The second kind of friend is "guest friends", this is typically the people you call if you're want what I call "a girls night out" You meet them at the location and at the end of the night you go your separate way and they go theirs. These sorts of friends you don't talk too often and you typically do not confine in them, there what I would call distance acquaintance.

Last, but not least, we have "best friends" These sort of friends are there when you need them. They know you as a person and they are there through thick and thin. Best friends,...