Friends or foes?

There's a chinese saying that says that at home, you rely on ur parents; outside, you rely on your friends. So basically, one should make more friends to know more pillars. However, is there really a need for so many friends? Does having more friends mean you can be successful in life? Having more friends can be advantageous in the sense that when you need help in certain areas, you have more connections and can get the things and info needed more easily and promptly. Even when you are feeling bored, sad, or happy, there's someone who can listen and entertain you. However, this can also mean you share the same probability of being asked to help and entertain them. There are people who are selective in making friends. They look for people who they think will be of advantage to them and try to befriend them. How will you know if that friend of yours actually treat you as a friend and not as a tool? Is there a way to actually test that person out? Hard to tell.

How do you classified your friends? Let's imagine a scenerio. You are trapped in a pit that is 10 metres deep in a deserted area. There's no one around you except a friend who is outside the pit. There's a rope and a your wallet outside the pit also. You injured your limbs due to the fall. What will your friend do?

Hi-bye friends: Take a look at how deep the pit is and thank God that he is not the one who falls into it. Then he wishes you good luck and maybe calls for help.
Verdict- Virtually non-existant. You are lucky he never takes your wallet.

'Friend': Pretend that he never sees you, then takes your wallet and run away.
Verdict- Get a new wallet and a new friend.

True friend: Called for help. Then ask you to hang in there while he drops the rope down to you, getting ready to pull you up.
Verdict- A good friend. Tried to help but can actually do better. Most of the close friends belong to this category.

Best friend: Called for help. Tied the rope to something, descends down the pit with the rope, then attempt to carry you up.
Verdict- One who will go thru thick and thin with you. Even if he doesn't succeed in carrying you out the pit, at least he kept you accompanied and he tried hard enough. Haha.. but this kind is damn hard to find.

Do you have the time to listen to me whine about nothing and everything all at once? I am one of those melodramatic fools, neurotic to the bone no doubt about it... (quoted from the song Basket case by Greenday)