005 Friendships should have intrinsic value

People coming together for various purposes, start thinking that they have been friends since time immemorial or through and through past births.

Examples:
Athletes at a sports meet.
Buyers of similar goods at super-markets.
Colleagues at a workplace.
Diners in the same restaurant.
Fans of same film hero/heroine.
Garbage collectors at the nearby bins.

Hardliners of same line of thinking in a political party.
Idlers visiting the same cafeteria.
Joggers on the same road or track.
Kneelers before the same Godman/Preacher.
Lovers of same fine art such as music.
Mourners of same dead person or persons who have died in the same accident.
Nannies of neighboring households.
Occupants of the same foot-path.
Patients undergoing treatment on adjacent beds and their relatives.
Quaffers of the same brand of whisky at the same bar.
Reporters covering the same event.
Students of same class / college.
Travellers on a pilgrimage.
Unemployed persons visiting the same Employment Bureau/Exchange.
Visitors to the same brothel /gambling den .
Writers with the same publishers.
Youngsters seeking admission in the same school / college / University.

All these coming-togethers are just starters for a friendship. Sharing the same bed or plate may not sometimes lead to formation of true friendship.

Friendships have to undergo a series of severe tests from both sides.

Can we, therefore, use the word 'friend' casually or lightly?

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