| Does blood really run thicker than water? In my opinion no, I believe that my best friends are closer to me than my family. This may not be true for everyone but it is for me. Your family is there for you out of obligation while your true friends have none. This doesn't mean that your family can't be your friend as well, my cousin is also my closest friend. Although I'm not sure if he counts since we're only related by marriage (we've known each other for 16 years though). What I'm thinking of is like a family member who you may not be that close to or have the best relationship and your real friends not just someone who you call a friend but really aren't that close to. What's your opinion? What's more important to you, your close friends or your family even if you don't like them/aren't very close? |
| Friends. I'm not particularly close to my family anymore, and I enjoy the company of close friends way more than my family, but perhaps that's just a temporary side effect of being an awkward teenager. |
| I went through a phase as a teen where my parents / family would do nothing but piss me off, thus I felt that my friends were my closest companions. As a grown man now, I value my family above anyone else. I have a strong relationship with one of my brothers, my father & my mother. You're right in saying that your family is there for you out of obligation, but you only get one family so you'd do well to remember that, friends come and go throughout your lifetime. I'm not saying that your opinion is flawed however, I'm stating that as one of my reasons for valuing my family over friends. |
| Tonight, Synklare joins the hunt. |
| Hmm, family - don't have too many "close" irl friends - and the one dude that I'd say was my closest . . . well, he's starting to drift away and not talk to me anymore based no distance that same distance though? Still talk with family, maybe it's just how I was raised (always moving) never really made "life long" friends, so it's been more about family . . . if that mother fker would quit ignoring me though, well, sigh Heredity said: friends. awe am i a fraiend? <3 |
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| I would say both is my best answer as they can be both in my book. I am very close to my immediate family and I would stand by them through anything. My extended family and mine however, have not always been on the best of terms. Even though they are blood, because of the things that have happened in the past I cannot call all of them 'family'. I also don't think that blood determines whether someone is family or not. I consider my best friend of 11 years to be my brother and I would trust him completely. Far more than many among my extended family who have yet to show me or my family any appreciation. |
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| It generally depends on your family and which type of people they are. Normally, your family is supposed to be there for you in every instance, providing emotional, social, financial...basically whatever help they can give. A friend may not always be there for you, and they can't provide the same wisdom your family, especially your parents, can. Of course, there are cases where that doesn't happen and you might be very distant from your family or they might let you down. That, is when friends replace them and become what your family was supposed to be. But, generally, family always comes first. |
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| I don't have that many close friends after I finished high school and entered uni, and I think that family is important. I value both, but I get along well with my family and I've always valued my relationship with them a lot. |
| "friends come and go, but family is for life" - someone |
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| There are certain family members of mine who I value over everyone else but I also consider them my friends. I feel like the fact that someone is your family whether by blood or on paper doesn't make them more important than a friend who you have a deeper relationship. I also agree with Ryukatsuka in that your friends can become your family. My first friend from when I moved to the states is more like a brother to me than my real brother even though we haven't spoken/seen each other on a regular basis for almost 3 years. Our relationship can pick up from where it left off without any awkwardness no matter how much time has passed. I'm also really close to his family his mom said she would've adopted me if could have. |
| Both. I believe I can consider my friends apart of my family cause they too will be there for me. |
| It depends. I agree though, blood does not run thicker than water. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
JOAOAA said: "friends come and go, but family is for life" - someone "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." - Euripides |
| family because they are the ones that supports my food and shelter and clothes, im mentally challenge so i rely on my family's support, but maybe my thinking will change if i ever got a stable work that will make me independent |
FreshPrinceofMAL said: "RT" - MamimiiJOAOAA said: "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." - Euripides"friends come and go, but family is for life" - someone |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Mamimii said: FreshPrinceofMAL said: "RT" - MamimiiJOAOAA said: "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." - Euripides"friends come and go, but family is for life" - someone "Boobs" - Mclovinballz OT close friends. |
Starchaser187 said: I chose my friends, I didn't choose my family. I love all my friends, but I don't love or care about all my family members Can relate so much. My parents are the reason I exist, and so they deserve, well, everything and more for that. But nowadays, I feel the only people I can truly connect to and be myself around without being judged are my friends. I can't be the same around my family, even around my brother and sister. Hell, my friends know more about me than anyone in my family does. |
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| I would choose my family because I'm really close to them. From personal experience I believe that your family is there when your friends aren't. However, I am aware that not everyone's family is like this. |
| just pointing out , OP, you got the saying "blood runs thicker than water" reversed Blood = blood of the covenant = friends Water = water of the womb = family so you actually agree with the saying |
| Depends on the family and friends. I guess. Also, it's more likely you'll care more about a close friend than about a distant relative you've met once in your life. |
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| I was born and raised in a very close family. So I definitely have to go with family on this one. I can be 100% myself around them, and just not have a single care in the world. I've also grown really close to certain family members and these kinds of relationships are something I deeply value. |
| Well, it kind of depends and its a very hard one for me to pick. I'd prioritize my parents, but then... there are my brothers.... One of my brother is ok, but the other is such as asshole, but even then, his still my brother. I tend to be more open and calm around friends, but I still choose my parents, not sure about my brother though. |
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| I would go with the Family I pick, which can be friends or who I screw, so more like friends then? And OP oh I assure you blood is thicker than water, it'll drown you a hell of alot faster if you let it. That is to say I seen alot of people that let shit slide and get ruined as "well he's family!" Screw that noise. |
| I value my family more, but I wish that my current friends stay for a time for now on (I had a lot of problems with "friends" in the past). |
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| You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. I share the same attitude towards this as I do abortion, I'm pro-choice. |
| A rock feels no pain. And an island never cries. neither. Just kidding, you can potentially legally have a sexual relationship with a friend, so that pips relative any time. You can get cream for a penis ache, not so easily cured is= heartache. |
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| "Family is what makes you, friends are the ones that shape you and women.. just break you" - masochist-san True circle of life right here. |
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| Friends are always there for you to laugh at you whenever you fail. Family is always there for you to make you feel special just so you can later realize how worthless you are. Fuck them both. |
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| Really depends. I think that the bonds you forge by choice hold more meaning than the bonds that you are born with, but it depends on which family member/friend. |
| Nothing can beat the love of family that cares |
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