Yeah.
About friendship, I guess I agree with some of the points you have raised.
But what I think about friendship is "personal interest". Like there's something in/about you that the next person really wants.
How about I'm a good music producer, and those that hang around me are musicians. What if I'm hit with a scandal or life turns negatively for me, I guess all my musician friends would walk away?
That's how I relate it to every sphere of life.
There's something in you that the next person wants and when it stops coming, there's a 99% chance that he/she would walk away.
I might be wring though about my perception.
Probably I'm talking from experience.
But I rarely keep friends. I believe everybody is part of a phase in our lives and when we are done with that phase, we move on.
Great wisdom you have shared my friend @ericvancewalton
So glad you enjoyed the piece @cupidmom! For me, there are a few different classifications of friends in my life. One classification of them are as you describe....a mutually beneficial arrangement for advancement in some way. These are people who drift in and out of my life at certain moments. There's another kind of friend though that is more rare and permanent. These are people I just effortlessly click with and enjoy spending time with.