Friendship

So I got thinking today about different levels of friendship. Not the cliche middle school friend drama, but friends in life, in general. Just because you talk to a particular person more often doesn't mean that you're closer friends, does it? Sometimes you're closer to someone you may see often but not always strike up conversation with because you're already so familiar with each other. Sometimes it's the person that you don't always talk to every time you see them who you're closer with. I guess it's that silent understanding that you'll always be there for each other when you need it and you don't need to necessarily talk all the time to show it...right? Then there's the factor of dependency and actual...friendship. In some cases, one person may be more dependent on the other, so they'll make small talk when they see each other because the other friend knows that that person is relying on them. Then there's the case of having a friend that goes to you for help, but you have a silent understanding that you're both independent but will be there for each other if need be. I think that sometimes people will talk more if they're less comfortable or less familiar with each other because sometimes if you're really familiar with a person, there's that wonderful comfortable silence that you two can have without it being awkward. And just because someone's more outgoing and jokey with someone doesn't mean they're better friends. I mean, in some cases that may be true, but I think you can also have two people who have similar personalities and not always talk to each other because they're just not that kind of person...but that doesn't make them any less of friends. These were just some bizarre observations I made today...