The perfect best friend is someone who would always be there for you and never feel jealous or intimidated by you. Characteristics include honesty, being nonjudgmental, and loyalty. Friendships are relationships that are based on caring about someone more than you care about yourself. It can kind of be compared to a marriage in the sense that it is a relationship that cannot be broken, you can trust the other one with your life, and it is something that you have with just one person and no one else.
             Too many times friendships become more like competitions than a real relationship. There is always that pressure to be better at everything. Being honest is the core concept of any relationship. A real friend is someone who cares and loves you enough to be completely honest with you about everything no matter what the consequences are for them. It is someone who will encourage you when no one else will, believe in you when you do not believe in yourself, and push you when all seems lost in the world.
             They would never put you in a position or a situation that was uncomfortable. They would never allow you to do anything that would hurt yourself or anyone else. They tell when you are doing something wrong. However, they do not criticize you because they know that you are not perfect.
             Jealousy is something that a real friendship does not have. It does not matter what the other one is good at because a friend is happy for them no matter what. Friends are never intimidated by each other by things like guys, school, or jobs. A real friend would never steal a guy from you. They would never try to get revenge on you for anything. When fights arise real friends can really forgive and forget and not hold grudges.
             Real friends don't forget about you when someone or something else better comes along. They do not judge you for your opinions or beliefs that might be different than theirs. They always make time for you no...