We all have people in our lives that we consider to be friends of ours. However, what is a friend? Are there different levels to a friendship? How do you know what kind of friendship you have with different people in your life? There are many things that we consider before choosing friends and at what level you want that friendship to be at or go to.

I feel that there are four main groups of friends in my life. The first group is what I consider to be acquaintance friends. This group is basically made up of those people that you talk to, that you get along with. They tend to be people that you work with or go to school with. You see them everyday and talk to them but normally not outside of the place that you always see them at. If you run into...