What is friendship?

Lately, I have been thinking, where do you draw the line between helping a friend and a friend helping you out?

Where should it begin?

How long should you help or assist and how much assistance should you expect from a friend?

What does being a friend to someone entail?

What is the norm and what is unacceptable?

When will being there and helping out become a right or privilege?

When does being a friend to someone become probing and patronising in the name of being a friend and caring?

What is expected, what is not enough and what is too much?

How much closeness should there be in a friendship and what amount of space should be given in being friends with someone?

In a nutshell, what really is friendship all about?

So you have a friend, a very close one at that, and you have been friends for years. You tend to do things together, go out together, share your good and bad times together and help one another when needed. Should your friend disclose all information about him or her self to you? Should your friend be willing to go all out to assist and be there for you financially, emotionally, psychologically and in every respect all the time?

How far should a friendship go and is there a line between too much and inadequate in a basic friendship?

Should a friend inconvenience him or herself for a friend?

Let's get frank and discuss these issues raised on the friendship radar. 

What is considered right and acceptable and what would be wrong in a friendship?

Akira!