That's how I see it, though I've also learned there is value in just chit chatting. In my mind, those folks are classified as "acquaintances", not friends. The

That's how I see it, though I've also learned there is value in just chit chatting. In my mind, those folks are classified as "acquaintances", not friends. These are folks you might be friendly to, but if you are not willing to, say, take them to the hospital because they are injured, or take them in because they are on the run and someone is after them, are they really friends?