Is it possible to have too many friends?

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A humorous look at the question from Dinosaur Comics, my favourite web comic.

That and if your 'friends' end up fighting each other you are expected to side with oen or another possible.....(see International Relations and nations feeding both sides in a war by sending money & resources....)

I think that your number of friendships will reach an equilibrium at a point where you can handle the number. For example, if you have way too many friends, you will naturally lose touch with some of them and they will drift away, leaving you with a more manageable number. Ok, or maybe this wasn't a serious question.

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http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_wh ... phere.html

http://www.parade.com/health/2009/10/18 ... eight.html

http://meetjohnsong.com/2009/08/20/how- ... your-life/

EDIT: tl/dr there is set amount of 'close' friends you have that hasn't changed in a while. Also you chose your friends based off similar interests and ideas - but your friends also influence you in that regard. But you're their friends because you believe similar things so.....

is it influence, self-selecting, or both? lol social science XD

Awesome topic.

I have too many friends. Which is bad, because I have, like, four. But even that seems like too much sometimes...

yes and no.

Just remember to choose your friends wisely. Not everybody you get along with is your friend. A good checklist to tell if they really are

Good signs

Do they call you to hang out, are you one of the first people they call?
Do they ever notice when you are not in a good mood?
Do they stick up for you against your enemies (if you have any)? Are they friends with any of your enemies? How close are they?
Do they wonder where you've been if you haven't been around them in a while?

Bad signs

Do they expect you to pay money to enter their party, did you hear about the party from them?
Do you tend to do only one thing with them when you hang out? Do you hang out with them at all?
Have they ever left you anywhere without you knowing (ex. drove off and left you at the store)?
Have any of them seemed less interested or more rude to you since the group has expanded?

I'm sure there are a lot more you could add to this list.

gotta be careful of fair-weather friends. once you weed them out there aren't too many left. want instant friends? buy the beer or whip out a joint.

In actuality, it's very possible. Plus it's not a situation which tends to resolve itself. Several of my biggest breakdowns in recent years have been caused by having too many friends. You can reach a certain point where you have to take control and let some people go without hurting their feelings (which can be a hard thing to do).

I wouldn't know.

I read somewhere that the quality of your relationships with others is inversely proportional to the number of others in your life.

Maybe that person had Asperger's

This doesn't make any sense. If you snub them, then you're not their friend. You can't have too many friends, but there's a limit to how many friends you can have. I bet the cartoon was made by an NT