We need different friends for different seasons, and according to this article we need 5 different kinds of friends.
- Close friends: 3 to 5 of them specifically. This is your core group. The ones you can always call up
- Lifelong friends: similar to close, but these are the ones you've known you're whole life and have a different level of understanding
- Friends of convenience: Think neighbors or fellow members of your rec league
- Work friends: to keep you sane at your job
- Same-chapter-of-life friends: people who are going through the same things you are; divorce, parenthood, marriage, etc.
Wow, 5 TYPES of friends? We have trouble making 5 friends at all.