Definition Essay: What Is Friendship Like Love?

Friendship is like love. It cannot be measured or categorized, nor can it be explained or defined. Friendship is an enigma I do not think anyone will ever solve. It cannot ever be accurately put into words. Why do we form these bonds with other people who are not our family, and who we will never have any biological need for? This is a question I can only attempt to answer. A commonly used phrase is, “friends are the family you get to choose.” While that may be true, friends tend to be much closer than family. True friends are hard to find and even harder to hold on to. In my short eighteen years on this earth, I have been lucky enough to make a few. Those incredible friends I have made through the years know me better than I know myself. No matter I do, they are always on my side, and they push me to be more accepting of myself and others. One of my greatest flaws is my propensity towards negative self-criticism, but my friends never let me dwell to long on the negatives of life. Instead, they lift me up when I am feeling down, boost my self-confidence, and bring me mounds of happiness.
Being someone’s friend is a full time job because friends are always there for each other.
Friendship is the time that we were blasting eighties music while driving around town, all off key at the top of our lungs, but enjoying every second of it. Even a year later, when I hear that same song on the radio, it takes me back to the special times I shared with such special people. Friendship is about being able to just sit around someone’s house, and still being able to have a good time. It is silent conversations, late night talks, finishing each other’s sentences and shared secrets. It is a lifetime filled with shared memories of laughter and love. Friendship is truer and rarer than the deepest of loves because best friends really are