FRIENDS

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend open your refrigerator and helps himself and doesn’t even feel the least bit weird shutting your ‘Pepsi drawer’ with her foot!

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend’s shoulder is soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn’t know your parents’ first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after they’ve gone to bed.
A real friend asks why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it!

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend calls you after you had a fight!

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

A simple friend reads this email and deletes it.
A real friend passes it on and sends it back to you!

Pass this on to anyone you care about…if you get it back you have no beginning, no end.
It keeps us together, like a Circle of Friends.