Those kind of "friends"

[GeauxHomeLittleD]

My wife and I have had discussions about the nature of friendship between adults.

Much of the time, unless one has had the person as a friend since childhood, the "friendships" seem to be based on perceptions of what one person can do for another, rather than any genuine affection.  In other words, they're business-oriented relationships whether they actually involve money or not.

I still have some friends from my work days (but only see them once every few years), as well as some people I knew when I was young (and I haven't seen them in decades, but we keep in touch).  My wife has one real friend from her high school days.  We've both tired of the other kind of "friends".  They're usually more frustration than their "companionship" is worth.

Cheers

I have had the same best friend for nearly 43 years, since I was 12 years old. We grew up together, raised our children together and have passed all of life's major milestones together. There are many people I have known just as long but that doesn't make them true friends. If you only use each other for what you can do for each other in my book that is not a friend at all.