This seems highly subjective to me, and to be honest, I can&#x27;t help but be mildly offended - you just discredited the vast majority of my friendships, and yet I don&#x27;t even understand what you&#x27;re trying to get at.<p>I don&#x27;t connect with people via words. I&#x27;ve always felt people are primarily defined by their actions, so it is very much about the &quot;doing&quot; for me, and it&#x27;s through doing things together that I make connections with others. Obviously, my friend with whom I rock climb isn&#x27;t just my rock-climbing partner - we do other things as well, many of which are unplanned and are new experiences. But it&#x27;s the possibility of playing out our spur-of-the-moment ideas, as well as the other regular hobbies, that make our friendship even remotely interesting. Without being able to do those things together (which is way, way more difficult when you have to take a plane ride to visit), neither of us would be able to glean any meaning from the other&#x27;s existence.<p>I don&#x27;t know - was I really far off in how I interpreted your comment? What <i>is</i> a friendship, to you?