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the rare person who knows the worst about you and stays anyway
means a person you know well, like, and trust, outside of family or romance.
from From Old English 'frēond,' which was literally a present participle — 'one who loves' — built on the verb 'frēon,' to love or favor. It traces back to a Germanic root for loving and freeing (the words 'free' and 'friend' are deep cousins; in the old worldview, the free people of your household were the ones you loved). So baked into the very bones of the word is the idea that a friend is, at heart, someone doing the active, ongoing work of loving you.
- brain limit
- Humans can maintain roughly 150 stable relationships
- shared pain
- Friends' brains show synced activity watching the same things
- longevity boost
- Strong friendships rival quitting smoking for lifespan
- old word
- From Old English freond, meaning to love
- five rule
- You become the average of your closest companions
david and jonathan — biblical friendship where jonathan gave david his armor and robe, 1 samuel 18
lewis and tolkien — oxford literary friends who met in 1926 and influenced each other's major works
oprah and gayle — oprah winfrey and gayle king's 47-year friendship, most publicly documented modern friendship