How good of friends are you with someone?

by Philip Guo (philip@pgbovine.net)

Just how good of friends are you with someone? Your responses to these questions can help pinpoint the answer:

• Are you 'friends' with that person on an online social network?
• Are you in a photograph with that person?
  • with ONLY that person and nobody else?
  • where you'd be embarrassed to put up that photo in your office?
• Do you have that person's name/number in your cell phone?
  • Does that person have your name/number in his/her cell phone?
  • If you lost your phone and had to get a new one, would you put that person's name/number in your new phone?
• Have you ever had a phone conversation with that person that lasted longer than 5 minutes?
  • 15 minutes?
  • 1 hour?
• If you went to that person's hometown, would you make an effort to see him/her?
  • If that person came to your hometown for a visit, would he/she make an effort to see you?
• Would you invite that person to your wedding?
  • enthusiastically (as opposed to out of obligation)?
• Have you ever shared moments where you LOLed?
  • truly laughed from the belly?
  • 'till it hurt?
  • at something that wasn't even that funny?
  • then laughed again at the same stupid thing within the hour?

Related article:

• Types of Friends

Feel free to send comments, suggestions, questions, or rants to me via email: philip@pgbovine.net