Update: Random Penseur is another blogger who contemplates the question of friendship, but his exploration focuses on the nature of online friendships. I think his post, as well as his readers comments are a very interesting and worthwhile read. Shall we discuss?

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This afternoon I stopped by my blog bro, That1Guy's site, over at Drunken Wisdom and read his post on losing touch with friends. I related so much to his post, but for very different reasons, that it got me thinking on how my own relationships have drastically changed since 9/11.

For one thing, since the death of my friends on that day, I've adjusted my definitions of friend and have established a criteria for those people who think IÂ’m their friend, when in truth we are less than that. To that group I am a friend because IÂ’m available to talk when they call and IÂ’m able to help when they need something from me. This is really hardly a reciprocal relationship. In my book, reciprocity is an important element of friendship.
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