of them are not so eventually when you say friends you really have only a few of them but i believe that men are able to maintain friendship right from their school days i have a friend who has his gang of 12 boys and they have been friends from the time of prekg i feel women have only two or three friends throughout their life for them family takes precedence maintaining friendship becomes tertiary if not secondary friends should be such that even if you dont speak to them for days together they remain the people you can count on when you need them thaman composersocial media plays a constructive role when it comes to friendships as it keeps friends connected for me it helps coordinate gettogethers and it is because of being in constant touch with one another through social media that we continue to meet often after working hard during the weekdays i catch up with my friends on weekends to energise myself to me friendship comes first before family as it is your friend who you reach out to in your hour of crisis and i count trust to be the most important factor in a longlasting relationship of course it is crucial for every relationship but with friendship it is all the more importantshanthnu bhagyaraj actorfriendship like several other relationships has gone down the drain because of social media everyone is just a text or a whatsapp away there is no actual value for friendship on the other hand i had once posted about how my friends mother wanted a particular blood group for an operation and several people on fb came forward and within the next 20 minutes she had donors so there are a few people who might actually turn out to be good friends even though they are just fb friends but i personally feel the effort one puts to write a letter or go meet a person has come down drastically siddharth vipin composeri think the socalled social media friends are mere acquaintances we have so many friends who come along with us in our journey someone whom we can rely on at all points of time i have very few friends in the film industry the industry is all about networking and contacts true friends are always honest with you when it comes to both your professional and personal lives i have a select few friends who always tell me if a song is good or if i need to improvesatkrit krishna designereveryones running faster and harder to make a better living for themselves friendship like any other relationship needs some time which is a luxury not many have anymore i keep myself updated about some of my closest friends from school and college only through social media without which perhaps we may have had to make more effort to stay in touch