How true. When we or they become "high maintenance," how many are willing or able to maintain the friendship?

In the interests of full disclosure, in my earlier post I said something about having 'fewer than five true friends' (no real-world contact with any of them at present). Well, I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt. I fear that, in the end, my 'fewer than five' equals 'one.' But one is a blessing, as Starlite wisely notes.