What qualities do you most admire in your friends

As I think more about this it gets harder!
Loyalty I think.

I think loyalty too Namsnanny but not blind loyalty. Honesty is important if we’re not in the right.

I think loyalty means irrespective of differences of opinion, one just tries to find a way to support the individual.
As I see it, honesty can 'live' alongside other compromises.

I thought you’d left Lauranorderr

Eccentricity. To begin with they like me.

They make me laugh.

Those who stand by you when you really do need a friend.

PS. Glad to see you back LauraNorderr. Missed your humour.

I wondered about that Dd1975? But didnt like to ask

AGAA4

Those who stand by you when you really do need a friend.

Would you call that loyalty AGAA4?

First thing that came to mind is loyalty. Definitely.

Yes I came back. It wasn’t my intention at the time but Gransnet is quite addictive.
Another place where we can make friends.

They have to have a good sense of humour otherwise it’s a no no.

Loyalty I suppose is sticking by us through thick and thin.
There are exceptions perhaps. Would you stick by a friend who had an affair with another friend’s husband? That’s where honesty kicks in.

Absolutely MerylStreep.

Loyalty and kindness I think. I have good friends who epitomise those qualities. I try to reciprocate similarly.

Their unerring good judgement in choosing me as a friend...?

Seriously, all are kind and non-judgmental - although we have very varied opinions on a lot of things, our differences can be put to one side without harming the friendship.

We always laugh a lot when we’re together (we’ve wept together on occasion too) which is why I love having them as friends.

honesty, empathy, and a GSOH

Out at lunch one day when a friend pointed to her own top teeth asked me if I was saving that broccoli until later.
A mixture of humour and honesty which saved me from the embarrassment of getting home and finding that I’d been a grinning forest all afternoon.

I think trust too. Does that come under loyalty? I suppose it does.

Laura
grinning forest
Now that’s humour ?

I didn't realise I valued reliability in a friend until one of them stopped being 'reliable', my young daughter said it is called 'flaky'. I suppose it goes hand in hand with trust. I dropped her when she tried to make contact again when lockdown lifted, I would rather be alone than sitting waiting with a last minute 'can't make it' text.

Loyalty by any other name would smell as sweet nansnanny

Do you think your friends naturally assume different roles?
Some of my friends are natural sympathisers, they care about everyone and always seem to know the right thing to say. Others deal with things in more practical ways and will bake a cake or pick some flowers, others deal with tougher things with humour.
Some are extrovert some less so but all have so much to give and they do.