a ride to the airport

[excerpt from email to my sister]
about the idea of friend, this kind of forum makes a re-definition of it. reminds me a bit of summer camp, when yo become a "friend" of someone, spend practically every waking hour together, then never see each other again after camp is over.

of course that doesn't happen with everyone, and there are exceptions, but many people go through such relationships. and yes, there are people on here who (the page announces) have "200 friends!"

and according to the definition used on MySpace, sure, any of these people are my "friends". but in reality, we are not enemies, but we don't hang out together.

to me, a friend is... if i would give her/him a ride to the airport on my lunch break, she/he is a friend.

so my point is, i remember ty's friend jason. but i'm not giving him a ride to the airport.
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after reflecting, i actually decided i probably would give ty's friend a ride. i've actually given strangers a ride places before. maybe i should make it more demanding, like if it was 4:30am and i had a final the next morning... would i still give her/him a ride? if so, maybe "Friend" is the right word.

Comments

kipaustinhinton said…

Hmmm. Funny you should use a ride to the airport as the criteria for friendship...

Any chance I can get a ride to the airport tomorrow? Even if the answer is no, you better add me, yo!

XOXOXO
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