by Yvonne Mccormack

Created on: May 14, 2009   Last Updated: May 15, 2009

Friendship is the one thing that should not have any monetary implications. There should be no cost involved when it comes to true friendship. Friends in life are few and far between, so the only cost that should be involved in friendship is the cost of time, love and caring.

How can you put a price on true friendship, the answer is you can't. Friendship is one of the few things in life that costs absolutely nothing in monetary terms. Without friends it would be a very lonely life indeed. We all need a friend at some stage in our lives. From the day we start pre school we start to make friends. Sometimes these friends will stay with us throughout all of our school years and beyond. Sometimes they will not.

The only thing a friendship costs us is ourselves. That is the giving of ourselves and our time to another. To be a friend you don't think about the cost, you give willingly of your time and of yourself. You can enjoy your life much more if you have a good friend to share things with. To think about what a friendship costs will spoil things.

To have a friend in your life makes you happy, so why would you put a price on that. So what would a friendship cost you, or what would you say that the minimum cost of friendship is.

To me the minimum cost of friendship is , always being there when needed. Always being there to listen to their problems and offer advise. Giving my time freely when needed. Spending time with them when they are lonely or sad. Always ready to cheer them up when they are down. These are just a few things that you might say could be regarded as a cost for friendship and as you see these things cost absolutely nothing.

I couldn't imagine a life time without friends, after all we are not cut out to be loners, we need other human beings in our lives. We get married and hope that besides being husbands or wives we will also become friends. We wouldn't think of what our husband or wife cost us in friendship would we.

The minimum cost of friendship is loyalty to that friend and honesty. If your friend asks for your opinion on something you should be able to give it without having to lie or tell half truths to them . You shouldn't feel that you have to tell them what they want to hear just for the sake of not hurting their feelings. If you have a true friendship this wont happen as your friend will know that you are being honest with them.

To have a true friendship means not having to count the cost of that friendship. To me the minimum cost of friendship is giving yourself unconditionally.

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