Friends come in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes we introduce people we barely know as friends and other times a friend cannot be defined by words. Thinking of a friend can make us smile or cry, sometimes enraged thinking, "why on Earth am I friends with this person?" It is always a roller coaster.

I am always in a state of constant evaluation in regards to my friends. I am always considering what it means to be a friend, in general and also to me, what I need from my friends, what I get out of the friendship, whether they are healthy for me or a bad influence. Sometimes it's hard to make the call. For instance, you're friends with someone for a long time, and, in some ways, they do a lot for you. However, they also are incredibly unhealthy for you to be around. They don't care about things that are important for you and they attempt to manipulate you into what they want to do, all under the guise of "good fun" or spending time with you. How do you go about a friendship like that? Where do the boundaries lie? When you are in a place where you have no one and all of your most important counterparts are miles away, can you really toss this person away? It is said that beggars can't be choosers, and when you're in a delicate situation you need to tread carefully.