Division Essay!

     It's important for everyone to have at least one good friend in their life. Where would we be without out good friends? It the world would be a sad place if we didn't have that person we could call at 3a.m. because were down in the dumps. That person that we can't wait to tell, "I'm in love!", "I'm pregnant!, "I'm engaged! or "I got a new car!". That person we can cry to when we messed up that's still going to love us anyways. I'm happy to say that I have a select few of these friends. I could trust them with my life. Not every friend we come across though is a good one. I've had my fair share of not so good friends. The cold hearted people that have stabbed me in the back time and time again. I had a so called friend that told my every secret to the whole school, lied over and over, and even stole from me. This girl actually made me smarter though. She taught me what not to look for in a friend. Therefore I have discovered there are three main components to being a good friend. One needs to be honest, a good listener, and needs to be able to have fun.
     Honesty is the most important key to a good friendship. A good friend needs to be able to keep a secret. When I tell a friend something that I just want them to know, I wouldn't expect them to go tell everyone they know. I learned the hard way that not everyone is cut out to be a secret keeper. I've been embarrassed a few times with a secret that has accidental leaked out. Also when I ask one of my good friends a question I expect that their going to be 100% honest with me. "Do these jeans make my butt look big?" "Oh my god, yes they do, take those off immediately!" I wouldn't ask a question that I didn't want an honest answer to. Even if the truth hurts it's better than being lied too!
     A good listener is the second component to being a good friend. A good friend will not only tell you their problems, but they will take the time to listen to yours too. I had a friend once that I'm not even sure knew a single thing about me. She would talk my ear off with her problems, but when I tried to get two words in I was instantly cut off so she could tell me what she had for lunch, because obviously that was more important than what I had to say. A good friend is someone I can call in the middle of the night drunk, crying. "I'm not sure that I love him anymore!" "Guess what that bitch just said to me?!" She might think I'm insane, but she's not going to hang the phone up on me. She's just going to sit there and listen, because she knows that I would do the same for her.
      The last component to being a good friend is someone I can have fun with. Good friends have to have common interests. A friend may not share every interest you have, but you obviously they have to have something in common, or why else would you be friends. If your idea of fun is fishing, you probably have a friend who also enjoys fishing with you. It just make sense that way. I can be myself in front of my good friends. I don't have to worry what they think about me. I can be as foolish or as dorky as I want with my friends. When I'm alone with my friends we can wear our hair on the side of our heads and dance around to "my humps" with facial masks on and be totally comfortable with each other. Having fun with someone is a very important component to a friendship.
     Many friends pass through our lives, they come and go just like that. Very few people stay friends forever. Finding a friend who has all of the components, honesty, good listener and fun is very rare. When you do find a good friend hold on tight, because it's not very often you find a life long friend. Besides my family I really have only have one true friend. Sure I have people that I spend lots of time with, and yeah I consider them to be my friends. When it comes down to it though, I know that they won't be around forever. My best friend from high school is my one true friend. We have had many times throughout the years where we didn't talk for months, because we didn't agree on something. We always overcome our issues though. I have never had to second guess whether she was being honest with me or not, and that's what matter most.