The Real Friend Test: How to Understand Who Your Real Friends Are
by www.SixWise.com

We at SixWise.com received this simple "test" and found it, in its brevity, quite worthwhile, and wanted to keep the goodwill going by passing it on to you!

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps herself.

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parent or children's first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in her address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after she has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about their problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it (but wouldn't).

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend calls you after you had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

A simple friend reads this message and deletes it.
A real friend passes it on to their real friends, and back to you!

Pass this email on to any real friend (family included!) you care about (simply use the atop this page!) ... it will keep moving forward to others, and good things happen to those who help to spread good will!

It will connect us all, a growing circle of real friends.