How many "close" friends do you have?

The number of zeros surprised me.

I've found that the older I get the fewer close friends I have. Now that I'm married and some of my friends have kids I see them far less than I used to. I'm okay with this because I'm happy being "settled" down with my wife. I much prefer sitting at home with her on a Saturday night to going out and being social.

When I was in my teens and early 20's I was the opposite. Now I'm almost 30 and dread going out. I don't even answer the phone when friends call sometimes.

does my penis count as a friend? cuz we get along weelllllll and are REAL close

I have 0 close friends. I have many acquaintances. I find it hard to trust people, and i'm very picky of who I surround myself with.

I recently became aware and accepted the fact that my sister is my one and only close friend. I never would of predicted that this would ever happen to me.

The reason why I am so surprised is because all through school and up till my late 20's, I always had lots of same-sex friends that I could just call out of the blue and hang with.

Now that I am in my mid 30's, my sister is the only one I can call to go places with or just hang out in general.

My therapist said some people have absolutely no one that they can call "a friend".

Judging by this particular poll, I can see he was right. I hope I can stay grateful for the one true friend I do have.

My advice for anyone who honestly voted "0 friends" (this worked a little for me when I was looking for people that had the same career goals as me in order to further my career)...is to join a group that meets in person and not just on-line. Getting together with people that share your weird interest is definitely entertaining for a night! And who knows? You might meet someone that you don't want to kill in the first ten minutes of meeting them!

2, maybe 3. If it's true that you get fewer as you get older, I'm probably going to be a loner again soon :(

I'm only 17 and i only have one close friend that i speak to occasionally outside of school, i have good friend but none really know that much about me and i don't know about them either. i'm just not able to make lasting friendship i guess it would be cool to have close friends but at the same time i like the Independence and not having to make an effort with people.

Wow. Zero is the winner? That's horrible. :/

I would say I have 6, maybe 7 or 8 depending how close "close" means..

zero now that I broke off our friendship because I was starting to open up..I wanted to open up but I have the tendensy to do the opposite of what I really want to do..*sad* I miss her. Oh well its too late now.

I have 5-6 and I'm in my 4th year of college. I love my friends too, they make me happy. :)

0, I tend to miss a lot of social cues and usually have no idea what people think of me.

I've lived in the city for 3 years and well..I had 1 who used to call me her 'best friend' but I wasn't feeling the same way....we didn't have a lot in common but just found each other easy to get along with and we shared a laugh...her morals were very different to mine and we were just..different. I stopped being polite and distanced myself from her because it wasn't going anywhere, in fact she could be very negative and depressing and had no drive or motivation and didnt want me to either

so as it stands now I have lots of acquaintances through my dance class, exercise class, theatre group, work even and past colleagues who I meet up with for dinner now and then but no one I'd consider a close friend even though they may think of me that way. I've had lots of superficial friendships but never a real genuine close friend..when I find a good friend I will consider myself very lucky, as it's very rare to find a true friend

It's said, if you find one true friend in your whole life you are a lucky man.

One of my best friends is family, another lives in a different country - I met her on a week's holiday 15 years ago, and 3 others are just beautiful people that have crossed my path during my lifetime :o)

4 - that live in the same city.
2 - that live out of town, but we still stay in touch almost weekly.
6 - that live out of town, but we aren't as close anymore - but if we did live closer, we'd be tight again.

I'm a loyal, sympathetic friend and I've moved around a lot.

I have 1 best friend that I do everthing with. We are basically sisters, and have been for 8 years. I have another best friend that i dont spend as much time with outside of school, but i tell him all my secrets and whenever we DO hang out, we have the most fun ever!

0. If I told my friends about my more private life, they wouldn't probably be my friends anymore. So better to be safe and not tell.

i have a lot O.O i have five

I used to have three close friends, but as we grew older, our interests started to change and we grew apart.

My boyfriend is my only close friend at the moment. We live together and have a very strong bond. I think it's fine the way it is, but sometimes I really miss the days whit my (girl) friends. Being around a guy all the time isn't completely fulfilling for me. I talk to my old friends on facebook sometimes, but we just don't understand each other anymore...

I honestly havnt had much close friends but my best friends a few months ago were 3 brothers and a sister and i was always so chill with them and like i could really trust them. But since i moved a few months ago ive only been hanging out with 1 girl really and i dont even think i trust her enough to like to call them a real close friend.

I had a few before I moved. Being a fairly unsocial unperson, I have yet to find anyone new. I'm alright with that.