Buddy or Friend ??

Well.. Sounds kinda confusing,rt? After all , what's so much difference between a friend and a "buddy". "What's the big deal??" , U may ask... But just think... How many REAL friends do U have?
Well.. during the course of life, we meet and deal with a lot of people. We get to interact with people of different backgrounds, believes and disciplines. We get to know the world, both its good and bad faces... But, during this journey called life, we come across certain individuals who mean something to us more than the rest. They usually share and define our finest moments in life and give us something to remember by. They share our deepest thoughts and secrets and more often than not mean more to us than family itself. But, how many of them are really our friends?? Are they just a fleeting moment in our life or are they the reason why we have so many fond memories of life??

For me.. for a person to qualify as a friend, he should be special. Special in the sense.. special to me. I dont believe in overnight friendships. I believe friendship develops through time, through interaction. Friends should never expect anything from the other. All should be given voluntarily without expecting anything in return, even companionship. Buddies are those people who are just fleeting moments of your life. You wont even remember them after some time. They are just people with common interests who most probably stand to gain something by pretending bein ur friend. That's how I differentiate between friends and buddies.

Well... let me just take my life as an example. I was the quiet type back in my schooling days. I was very selective in choosing my friends. ( And I was successful too, cos they are still my best friends. ) I never got to travel around too much and was confined in the walls of my house those days. It was always study, study, study.. Then things changed when I entered +2. My life was turned up-side down and there was no looking back! I had discovered a world of freedom and opportunity. More and more people started entering into my life . And the main reason behind that... Tutions!! It was around the same time that my parents had bought a computer for me. It was bought with the best of intentions. But.. that's what was said of the Atom bomb too when it was discovered,no??

I found myself a new world. A world of opportunity, creativity and entertainment. I made it a point to get acquainted with all latest buzz of the PC and its technologies. In course of time, I got myself a treasure of software, movies, songs and games. That's when trouble started. I got myself scores of people as "friends" who saw me as nothin but a mechanic and as a library of software. It started consumin my time and I had no time 4 myself. 90% of the phone calls I get was for my services and not 4 me!! Of course I made myself a bundle of money,but it was a bit too late before I realised it wasnt worth it.

Now, I am tryin to move on.... Setting my priorities in life right. I got no problem with people bein my buddies.. but I just have to differentiate those people who take advantage of me and those who really care. So, I've got only 2 words to all those "fraud" buddies of mine.. BUG OFF !! . U know who all I'm referring to... Get yoursef some other mechanic and membership in some cd library. Sorry for the offence, but it was inevitable.

So.. R U my Buddy or... My Friend???