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Friends

So we are talking at the round table last night and here is the theory we have come up with about friends.

You always have a close circle of friends we will all this the ‘inner circle (IC)” then there is the 2nd and 3rd tier (T2 and T3) then a group of people called acquaintances.

So your IC never needs to say I am your friend and will always be here for you. the IC just knows this to be true and will never come into question when you are in need. You can disappear for months, get back together and pick up like nothing happened. They will not ask you where you have been, what you were doing or any details while you were MIA. The only concern will be how you are, if everything is ok and if you need something. The IC always welcomes you back and even bust your balls about not keeping in touch. The IC knows you will tell the whole story when you are ready. usually once a person is in the IC it is unlikely that their status will change. These are true friends that you will have for a long time.

Tier 2 and Tier 3 as a little more difficult to deal with. There are a few differences such as T2 friends are those friends that are fickly friends and only show up when things are good. if you disappear for a while and get back in touch with them you will get the 3rd degree about where you have been, why you didn’t call, who else was involved, and why they were not included. T3 friends are a little less concerned about what the actual story is, they are happy you are back and if they don’t hear the story they will most likely make something up. people can move from one group to the other but it is unlikely that they will move into the IC. It is not their fault they have proven time and again that they do not deserve to be in the IC by spreading rumors, talking about the situation and letting everyone know what problems everyone in the IC has. This is why you need to be guarded with T2. T3 on the other hand is not all that vested in your life and id you are around you will all hang out have fun shoot the shit and talk about nothing. It is funny however sometime you will have a T3 jump to the IC as unlikely as it is sometimes it does happen and it is more likely than a T2 getting into the IC. It should also be noted that the T2 group is the group to be the most careful around. They will always tell you they are your friend and will always be around to help you when you are in need. This may be true but only if they can take advantage of the situation either at that time or tuck it away for future use. This is the group that will let your business hang out in the wind and because they know a good deal about you can be quite a bit even if they make up a good bit of the story.

I think it is pretty clear who an acquaintance is, this is a person who you know will say hi to and ask how they have been. Not much more happens for the most part. These people are the ones you should pay attention to because it is most likely that they are the ones who will become the IC and skip the ‘friends’ group.

I hope this helps and in no way will be all of the groups, you can have sub groups and even more of them. This will come to be important in the future stories as I have asked the contributors to start using this type of classification in all their writings. This way you can see the pattern of some of the most sociopath people that we all deal with. It is going to be a fun ride from here on out.