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What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?
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I am sure most people come to this site to meet new people and make friends. One of the most awkward questions I get asked when I have just met a person is... Can we be friends? or Will you be my friend? For me friendship takes time to develop and you can't just call a person you just met a friend right? Also I would say 90% of the time when someone asks that I never speak to them again.
I have a few "true" friends I have known for many years IRL and online. Weeks/months can go by with no contact and then when we to talk its like we never stopped talking. I like to think I have made many friends here and also a lot of acquaintances.
What is the difference, for you, between an acquaintance and a friend or "true" friend? Can you have real friends you meet online? I like to think you can :)
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@Janet an acquaintance is someone u are forced to hang out with or u just know them but too well. And a friend is someone u can hang out with without feeling weird. Or at least I think so. And I have a few real friends online they help more then irl friends lmao
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@Raye said in What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?:
an acquaintance is someone u are forced to hang out
I wouldn't say you necessarily have to be forced to hang out with them but maybe they are more just someone you know but do not know very well.
@Raye said in What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?:
a friend is someone u can hang out with without feeling weird. Or at least I think so. And I have a few real friends online they help more then irl friends lmao
I do agree a real friend you are comfortable being who you are and yeah I have a lot of online friends that know me very well and some are better than people I call friends IRL
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friend is so ubiquitous it's almost a pronoun. like 'you'.
did you cringe, because you thought I misused it? 'I like you, I love you, I want to be your friend?' I was actually downgrading from a 'girlfriend.'
I have a couple 'true' friends myself, yeah, we try not to bother each other either. if it's so easy to talk, why don't we?
Is it history that grants the certificate of authenticity? I'm not even the same person, most of their stories are useless. you probably know me better than they do.
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@Janet @Eucalyptus yes you can have real 'friends' you meet online πππ
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@linear said in What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?:
friend can be a small word or a big word. acquaintance is definitevely small.
very true!
@linear said in What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?:
I have a couple 'true' friends myself, yeah, we try not to bother each other either. if it's so easy to talk, why don't we?
In my case, my best friend is like my sister. I love her to death and we rarely talk. When we do reconnect its like old times with the same inside jokes. We may not know everything currently happening in our lives but its the past and the connection in our hearts that keeps us close friends.
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also,
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@TheRisingSun said in What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?:
@Janet @Eucalyptus yes you can have real 'friends' you meet online πππ
hell yes! <3 my Euca Babe<3 @Eucalyptus
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@Vlad_21 touche
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@Janet
A true friend imo would be someone u can talk anything without having any second thought.
While reading ur topic I remembered a sentence I read years ago. you tell ur funny stories to ur friend, and best friends are in those stories (smt like this). Ig they meant acquaintance for friend and best friend for "true" friends.
I don't have much experience in this case. Since I lost my "true" friends . If I had one π -
@Janet
Lol that's not appropriate pic to represent what said in that pic xD -
@Ash33-exe said in What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?:
you tell ur funny stories to ur friend, and best friends are in those stories
Aww I like that.
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@Ash33-exe said in What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?:
@Janet
Lol that's not appropriate pic to represent what said in that pic xDwat
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@Janet yeah ig I saw this post back then π π
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@Ash33-exe said in What's the difference between a friend and an acquaintance?:
@Janet yeah ig I saw this post back then π π
mkay
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@Janet
This pic xD . That guy looks like hacker xD -
@Ash33-exe oh AHAHA... tbh I picture all you guys wearing masks behind your screens hehe
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@Janet lol being alert it good xD
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@Ash33-exe
Also forgot to say, I realized I stopped asking "can u be my friends?" Years ago. And I didn't tried to not say it.
Lol and whenever I said that then I stopped talking with those after a week or two
