Classification of Friends On a conscious level, we rarely spend much time thinking about and classifying our friends. However, from an early age, my mother taught me to recognize and appreciate different types of friends. I have discovered that there are three different types of friends. I group them based on how much I know them and how much they know me. We meet all kinds of friends every day, at school, at home or at the gym. First there are the "parasite friends", the general acquaintances. Then there are the "guest friends": the social partners. Finally, we have "best friends", our true friends. The first type of friend is simply an acquaintance. This means you basically only know their name. You might not even remember what they look like if you go away for a short vacation. You usually meet these types of friends at school, work, on the bus, at the gym or wherever you are. Normally you wouldn't mind having a cup of coffee with them, but if something else were to happen, you'd usually have no problem parting company. Normally you don't miss them when they are elsewhere. It is also these types of friends that give you the most amount of annoyance. Since most of the time you are in a position where you need to behave in a friendly manner, such as at school or work, you would not normally tell an acquaintance when he or she is doing something irritating, such as tapping his or her fingers on the table or chewing. rubber out loud. This is why I call them "parasitic friends". The second category of friends I call “social partners.” This is because they are closer than acquaintances, but not as close as a true friend. Social partners are usually acquaintances who evolve into “guest friends” through increased extracurricular activities. You know their name, a little about what they like or don't like, a little about their family history, and they usually have a lot of things in common. As they say "similar birds flock together", social partners must also have many things in common with you. No one will want to spend more time than necessary with someone completely opposite and irritating to them. Keep in mind, however, that the biggest thing that distinguishes a "best friend" from a "guest friend" is the fact that "guess friends" usually don't converse about anything substantial or deep, such as their deepest desires and fears. intimate..