Friends and Acquiantance...

A nice forward...
Friend And Acquaintance.

There is a difference between being an acquaintance and being a friend. An
acquaintance is someone whose name you know, who you see every now and then, who you probably have something in common with and who you feel comfortable around.

It's a person that you can invite to your home and share things with. But
they are people who you don't share your life with, whose actions sometimes
you don't understand because you don't know enough about them.

On the other hand, a friend is someone you love. Not that you are "in love"
with them, but you care about them and you think about them when they are
not there. The people you are reminded of when you see something they might
like, and you know this because you know them so well. They are the people
whose pictures you have and whose faces are in your head regardless.

Friends are the people you feel safe around because you know they care about
you. They call just to see how you are doing, because a friend doesn't need
an excuse. They tell you the truth, the first time, and you do the same. You
know that if you have a problem, they are there to listen.

Friends are the people who won't laugh at you or hurt you, and if they do
hurt you they try hard to make it up to you. They are the people you love,
regardless of whether you realize it.

Friends are the people you cried with when you got rejected from colleges
and during the last song at the prom and at graduation. They are the people
that when you hug them, you don't think about how long to hug and who's
going to be the first one to let go.

Maybe they are the people that hold the rings at your wedding, or maybe they
are the people who give you away at your wedding, or maybe they are the
people you marry. Maybe they are the people who cry at your wedding because
they are happy or because they are proud.

They are the people who stop you from making mistakes and help you when you
do. They are are the people whose hand you can hold, or you can hug or give
them a kiss and not have it be awkward because they understand the things
you do and they love you for them.

They stick with you and stand by you. They hold your hand. They watch you
live and you watch them live and you learn from them. Your life is not the
same without them.