Circle of friends..

I have a few people I consider close friends, those who would drop everything to be there when you need them or are willing to listen when you need an ear to bend, then there is a second circle of people I consider "friends", the ones you just kind of hang out with, then there is an outer circle of acquantances - the kind of people who come and go constantly. I guess my circle of friends is like a dart board! LOL!

Makes perfect sense at least to me. I see my circle of friends a tight knit center always growing with the widening ripples moving outward always in motion. The center keeping the outer strong and empowered.

The way things are in our little garden,
At the moment, I prefer to keep just my old friends.

By adding new friends, do we really know who we are adding at the moment.

I have roughly 20 close friends.
That is quite sufficient for me.

I have a very small circle of really close friends that I can share anything with who have been their for me and me for them for many many years. I then have a much larger circle of friends and aquaintances that I only really see out socialising and see on an odd occasion at their homes. I also have a few neighbours who are becoming very good friends as I get to know them better. Ellie:D

I find you can have many firiends but then again How many sit at your table and eat.

For me I have lots of friends but to sit sit at my table id say maybe tan at the most.
not counting family, most of them are there for the food.
And some family are not friends and never will be.

I have a few close friends that would help me, if I asked. The free flowing outer circle are people that would sit down and discuss many topics, but I would never ask them to help me with a really personal problem.

For example, several years back my husband tried to stand up and couldn't get up. I picked up the phone and asked one of my closest personal friends to come and help me and she showed up quickly without asking why I needed help. The outer circle may not have dropped what they were doing unless I spend time explaining what had happened to my husband. He refused to go to the hospital and my girlfriend took him to the hospital. She has a way of getting you to do it now. He was fine, but did spend time on crutches.

Morning Rose,

My circle of close friends, are the ones who see thru my flaws and accept me for me. They don't criticize what I have done. I have very few of these, as I have found that when the chips are down, you actually find who your real friends are.

I have friends that are just that, friends. I know them, I don't share intimite things with them. They are there. Those are the ones I suppose that reside in my outter circle, keeping the inner circle safe.

Rosekitty, this was a great discussion. I pray you know which circle you are in.

Hugzz

i said i got two circles of friends ones who i hold dear and trust with my life and care for them and another circle which people i like and would trust them to a certain point.
i said my one circle has about 10 people in it,because it were i keep my close friends in. the second being where the other goes till i decide if i trust them enough to move to my inner circle.

so it like you have two layers or circle in which to put your friends.

Well my circle of friends has a strong foundation, we've all been together since we were kids. I'm 29 now, so I can say that we've all been tried and tested.

Some younger generations do come out and chooses to be with us, for they find us always happy and have time for a weekend gathering. I guess my circle of friends is inside a circle, which is surrounded by a free-flowing outer one since I still manage to meet other people and make friends with them..

My circle of friends are five,nelda myself, Shiv and his wife, donna and her mom and sometimes Donna:s daughter Brianna.We all met originally at a diabetes seminar and became close friends and now have our own meetings once a month. oUr circle is
small and compac. Shiv and Donna's mom and Nelda and Myself are all diabetics, the others are thier family members.we do have fun and we talk up a storm.