text: what is your definition of a friend? i recently have had friends start rumors about me. these are people that i talk to on a daily basis, i hang out with and go to church with. and i was just wondering what your opinion of a friend was. well starting a rumor is certainly not a very good sign of friendship. to me it means that you care about one another and will do all you can to be of help to each other. you would expect to be treated as you treat. real friends are hard to come by, it seems all people do anymore is use people. i know of one person who says we are friends (but we aren't in my opinion) but all she wants is something from me or from all her other friends. each friend has a specialty thing, one is a carpenter, another a photographer another a hairdresser and the list goes on. what does she do for them, nothing at all. that is not a friend that is a leech. friends are someone you can count on no matter what the situation. they will be with you through tough times and fun times and their feelings will only change for the better. sorry that your friends are so shallow, but some day when they need a friend they will find no one to talk with..