Classification Essay...(complete)

As we grow up and meet new people we find out that their are various types of levels of "friends" that we all have. How I classify my friends is by how well I know them and how well they know me. We encounter them every day whether it's at school, in gym class, or even at home when hanging out with them. Most of us don't normally take the time to actually sit down and think of how we would group our friends. First there are the friends that you only talk to when you see them, they are normally called acquaintances. Next would be my friends that I talk to all the time, and randomly hang out with outside of school. Last but not least would be my best friends, who are my true friends that I can tell anything and everything to.

The first type would be simply your acquaintances. You basically only talk to them when you randomly run into them at school or maybe even at a store. You don't go out of your way to talk to them, and you basically really only know them by first name basis. There not the ones that you would go out of your way to ask to go to the movies with. You normally wouldn't miss them if you were to move or even if they were to be gone for a month on a vacation. Most of the time, these people usually would cause aggravation to you for many reasons. Since you don't talk to them much, when you do come across to them you feel that you have to be nice to them just so shit don't get started. This may be also aggravating because when your best friends are getting on your nerves you usually tell them to shut up but with these types of people you don't want to say anything to make you sound like a bitch. This is why I just call these people my "acquaintances."

The second type would be friends. These people you usually talk to a lot in school and sometimes make plans to hang out with out side of school. You can’t always trust these people with your deepest darkest secrets but you can trust them with little things that you may keep away from your parents because they don’t need to know what you have done. These types of friends could sometimes get annoying because you’re not always around them, so things that they have might thought was funny; was really immature and stupid to you. You may miss them from time to time if you like don’t see them all summer vacation, but if they are gone for like two weeks on vacation you may forget that they were even gone. These aren’t the people who you would stay in really good touch with after graduate. They could possibly be like when you see them like three years down the road; you would say hey to and maybe make plans to catch up on life. Yes, these people are important but they are friends and not family.

The third and last type of friends would be my best friends. These people are who I tell everything to, and trust them with my life. I have quite of bit of best friends. I’d have to say that my best friends would be like my mom, my grandmother, Amber, my boyfriend; Amber and so on. These people are who are always here for me through good and bad. These are the type of friends that you can go to and cry and tell them what you have done, especially if it’s bad. They understand everything about you, and can read your mind or your body language before you say or even do anything. These people mean a lot to me in my life, and I would be lost without them. The relationship that I have with my mom and my grandmother are special because they are the two that I spent a lot of childhood with, and they are the two that I have told a lot of things to, especially if they are bad. Amber; she knows a lot about me. She is the one who yells at me and tells me to snap the hell out of it when I’m upset for a stupid reason, or even when I’m having an attitude. She has really impacted my life in a positive way. We do everything together, and we always tell each other to shut up when one of us are being annoying to each other. We are like peanut butter and jelly. We go together. Michael; is my BEST FRIEND. He knows absolutely everything about me and he always knows how to cheer me up when I am really upset. He motivates me to get all my school work done and to stay active in things that I love to do. Michael always knows when I am upset, even if I try to hide my feelings with a smile. He can look at me and be like “Katie, what is wrong.” He is always here for me to bring me up when I’m down. I trust this boy with my life, and he has impacted my life in such a positive way. He has brought me back down to earth and to actually care about life… As you can best friends are the ones that help you through anything, good or bad. They make time for you no matter what they are doing and would give up pretty much anything to help you through hard times. Best friends are your family that isn’t blood pretty much.


Everyone has different categories that you would classify your friends in. Just because you put people in categories doesn't mean you hate them, or that they haven’t impacted your life in some way but it just means that you have some people that are closer to you than others. For instance, your acquaintances are people that you may have known forever and they have helped you out but you just don't trust them as much as you do your friends or your best friends. Friends are always there for you in the end but some friends can be backstabbers and it's hard to trust some people. Best friends are like your blood, if they aren’t. Most of my best friends are family to me, if they aren’t family. I trust these people with my life. They aren’t just another person out in the crowd.