But we still need friends, ranging from casual to close or best friends, and of both sexes. Friendship plays a continual role, although at different stages it will be less or more important to our emotional stability, depending upon the other primary attachments in our life. I did not see even one of the friends my widowed grandmother had cared about for most of her life, since they had already died or moved far away. But my grandmother also failed to develop new friends, and consequently she was lonelier in her last years than she had to be. Even if you are lucky enough to be raised in a very responsive and loving family, it is inevitable that you will someday leave home.
Friends can be a source of self-esteem, affection, and good times.
His dozen friends kept their heads shaved until they learned their friend's cancer was in remission. It's something many people take for granted. They are unaware how powerful and positive friendship can be, or they would take it more seriously. The right friends can help you feel worthwhile. The right friends can even help get you elected president.