On this website, my opinion of a friend is one with whom we are companions with in sharing this activity, and caring about the people here, and the specific friend, and also... it's about reaching out to someone new, befriending them, so they feel part of something with you.

Whatever ones motive, in my book, being a 'friend' is not a negative thing or carries any baggage. It's the freedom to be friends, no strings attached, that makes it special to me.

In real life we can't always get in tough with friends all the time, or are without them, and here, well, where there are more 'personal' contacts and sharing for many than in real life, well, you take the good aspects of it along with the bad.

Nothing is ever perfect, and no one ever said life was fair... it's a tool on the profile you can use or ignore, for good, or to feel bad.

It's a choice.

I like to see the good in requests, and the fact that one might not hear from me doesn't mean I'm not reading their issues and sending good thoughts their way, nor does it mean I don't care.

As with real life, we miss out on things all the time.

The best thing on the friends issue here, for me, is that it is available to use if you like this option, and if you feel you have something to offer (with it's limitations perhaps because it's the www), is an intent of supporting that 'friend' anytime on PC, and by being a friend, I am open to pm's also, especially from those people, anytime day or night.

I can't always respond, or it may take awhile as I have a hectic schedule, but I care for these people and can find the time when I buckle down to be that 'friend', especially to anyone in need.

Peace and Friendships,
Night
xoxo