Segmund,

wow who is gonna read all that?
The OP asked a simple question... not to write a book....or give a physiological analysis about what friends are or not.

give a personal experience of what your friends are to you, how they have been there for you, and how you are there for them.

Gezz

my friends are there for me, as I am to them. grow up with them.. they are more like family to me then my family sometimes.